Jean Maheu Explained

Jean Maheu
Birth Date:1931 1, df=y
Birth Place:16th arrondissement of Paris, France
Nationality:French
Office:Président-directeur général of Radio France
Term Start:1989
Term End:1995
Office2:President of the Centre Pompidou
Term Start2:1983
Term End2:1989
Successor2:Helene Ahrweiler

Jean Maheu (24 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a French government official.[1]

Life and career

Maheu was the son of Director-General of UNESCO René Maheu and Inès Allafort du Verger. He studied at the Lycée Claude Bernard in Paris and at the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He then took classes at Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration. On 27 July 1956, he married Isabelle Viennot with whom he had six children: Emmanuel, Anne, Sophie, Pascale, Jean-Philippe and Delphine.

In 1958, Maheu began working for the Court of Audit and joined the the following year. From 1962 to 1967, he served as under Charles de Gaulle. He then served as a secretary to the Minister of Sports from 1967 to 1974.[2]

He was active in the world of music, working for the Ministry of Culture as a lyricist and directing the Orchestre de Paris from 1974 to 1979. He was also vice-president of the Paris Opera. In 1983, he was named President of the Centre Pompidou, succeeding . In 1989, he was named Président-directeur général of Radio France, a position he held until 1995. As part of this mandate, he became a member of the Conseil supérieur de la langue française, a member of the board of directors of Agence France-Presse and a member of Public Francophone Radios.[3]

Maheu was President of the Maison de la poésie de la Ville de Paris from 1995 to 1998.[4] He then became President of the Board of Directors of the Théâtre de la Ville in 1996, President of the Centre national de la photographie in 1996, and President of the Association des Centres culturels de rencontres in 1997.

He was an associate professor at Sciences Po from 1959 to 1970, an associated professor at Paris-Sorbonne University from 1994 to 1997, and later an associate professor at the University of Évry Val d'Essonne.

Maheu died on 9 January 2022, at the age of 90.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Machart. Renaud. 10 January 2022. Jean Maheu, ancien président du Centre Georges-Pompidou et de Radio France, est mort. French. Le Monde. 10 January 2022.
  2. News: Marchal. Marie Amelie. 10 January 2022. Mort de Jean Maheu, ancien directeur de Radio France et du centre Pompidou à Paris. French. Actu.fr. Paris. 10 January 2022.
  3. Book: 2002. Who's Who in France. 34th. French. Levallois-Perret. Éditions Jacques Lafitte.
  4. News: 9 January 2022. Jean Maheu, ex-directeur de Radio France et du Centre Pompidou, est mort. French. Le Point. 10 January 2022.
  5. News: 9 January 2022. Radio France rend hommage à Jean Maheu, Président-Directeur-Général de Radio France entre 1989 et 1995. French. Radio France. 10 January 2022.