Françoise Nyssen
French-Belgian publisher and politician
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Françoise Nyssen (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz nisɛn]; born 9 June 1951) is a French-Belgian publisher and politician and a former director of the Actes Sud publishing house. From 2017 until 2018, she served as Minister of Culture of France in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.
Françoise Nyssen | |
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| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 17 May 2017 – 16 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
| Preceded by | Audrey Azoulay |
| Succeeded by | Franck Riester |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1951 |
| Parent(s) | Hubert Nyssen Christine Le Bœuf |
| Université libre de Bruxelles | |
Early life and education
Françoise Nyssen was raised and attended university in Belgium.[1] She has a maîtrise (Master's degree) from the Institut supérieur d’urbanisme et de rénovation urbaine in Brussels.
Career
Early in her career, Nyssen worked first as an urban planner in Paris.[2]
In 1987, Nyssen became an associate and presiding director of Actes Sud publisher, founded by her father Hubert Nyssen,[1] and located in Arles.[3] Françoise Nyssen and her husband founded the school Domaine du possible in 2014, using Steiner-Waldorf paedagogical methods.[4] The school settled in a farm a few kilometers away from the centre of Arles, where a hundred pupils, aged from 3 to 16, were enrolled in September 2016.[4]
On 17 May 2017, Nyssen was appointed French Minister of Culture, as the successor of Audrey Azoulay.[2] On 13 November 2017, she announced the launch of a new fund to support young designers with €300,000 to be invested in 10 projects annually.[5]
During her time in office, Nyssen was accused of impropriety over renovations done in her previous publishing house’s outpost in Arles in 2011.[6] Shortly after, the public prosecutor’s office in Paris launched a preliminary investigation into Nyssen, after French weekly Le Canard Enchaîné reported that she had failed to declare building renovations in her prior career as a publisher.[6] In October 2018, she was replaced by Franck Riester in a cabinet reshuffle.[7]
Other activities
Corporate boards
- EuropaCorp, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2017)
- Société Marseillaise de Crédit (SMC), Member of the Supervisory Board
Non-profit organizations
- Rencontres d'Arles, Member of the Board of Directors (-2017)[8]
