Cécile Pozzo di Borgo
{{Short description|French diplomat and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Cécile Pozzo di Borgo
| image = Cécile_Pozzo_di_Borgo.jpg
| caption =
| office = Prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
| term_start = 18 September 2014
| term_end = 30 October 2018
| predecessor = Pascal Bolot
| successor = Évelyne Decorps
| office1 = Prefect of Aveyron
| term_start1 = 18 September 2011
| term_end1 = 14 October 2014
| predecessor1 = Danièle Polvé-Montmasson
| successor1 = Jean-Luc Combe
| office2 = French Ambassador to Peru
| term_start2 = 2008
| term_end2 = 2011
| predecessor2 = Pierre Charasse
| successor2 = Jean-Jacques Beaussou
| office3 = French Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
| term_start3 = 2005
| term_end3 = 2008
| predecessor3 = Jean-Claude Moyret
| successor3 = Roland Dubertrand
| birth_name = Cécile Marie Thérèse Mouton-Brady
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|01|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = French
| other_names =
| occupation = Diplomat
| alma_mater = École Nationale des Chartes
| known_for =
| parents =
| spouse = Alain Pozzo di Borgo
| awards =
}}
Cécile Pozzo di Borgo (born 4 January 1952) is a French diplomat and politician.
Early life
Pozzo di Borgo was born as Cécile Marie Thérèse Mouton-Brady on 4 January 1952 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris,{{cite web |title=Philatélie au quotidien - Actualités, vidéos et infos en direct |url=http://mondephilatelique.blog.lemonde.fr/2017/03/30/cecile-pozzo-di-borgo-prefet-des-taaf-officier-de-la-legion-dhonneur |website=Le Monde.fr |accessdate=7 August 2020 |archive-date=8 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708102245/http://mondephilatelique.blog.lemonde.fr/2017/03/30/cecile-pozzo-di-borgo-prefet-des-taaf-officier-de-la-legion-dhonneur/ |url-status=dead }}.{{cite web|url=https://www.whoswho.fr/bio/cecile-pozzo-di-borgo_55032|website=whoswho.fr|title=Cécile Pozzo di Borgo|year=2006}} with roots from the Basque Country.{{cite web|url=http://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/2014/09/17/grande-premiere-pour-les-taaf-le-nouveau-prefet-est-une-prefete-cecile-pozzo-di-borgo-188782.html|website=la1ere.francetvinfo.fr|title=Le nouveau préfet des TAAF est une préfete : Cécile Pozzo di Borgo|date=17 September 2014}} She is the daughter of diplomat Jean Mouton-Brady,{{cite web|title=Jean Mouton-Brady|url=https://www.whoswho.fr/decede/biographie-jean-mouton-brady_14509|website=whoswho.fr|date=28 December 2008}} and she spent her childhood in various European countries.{{cite web|url=http://madame.lefigaro.fr/societe/ambassadrices-refont-monde-060309-14811|publisher=Madame Figaro|title=Les ambassadrices refont le monde|date=6 March 2009}} She is an alumnus of the École Nationale des Chartes and paleographer archivist (class of 1975).{{cite book|author=Bernard Barbiche and Michel François|title=La Carrière d’un prélat diplomate au début du XVIIe siècle|location=Paris|publisher=École nationale des chartes|year=1975}}
Career
Pozzo de Borgo was the first curator of diplomatic archives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1975-1987). In 1987, she became a technical adviser to Bernard Bosson, Minister Delegate for European Affairs. Then, in 1992, she was appointed adviser to the French Embassy in Belgium, and in 1998, head of the International Affairs Department in the Raw Materials Department of the Secretariat of State to Industry. From 2000 to 2002, she was deputy director of Communication, then deputy director of Communication and Information and Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.{{cite web|title=Cécile Pozzo Di Borgo|website=lesechos.fr|publisher=Les Échos|date=29 May 2008|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/29/05/2008/LesEchos/20182-051-ECH_cecile-pozzo-di-borgo.htm}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-do.org/article.php3?id_article=1|website=ambafrance-do.org|title=Biographie de Son Excellence Mme Cécile Pozzo di Borgo|access-date=2023-03-06|archive-date=2006-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010015734/http://www.ambafrance-do.org/article.php3?id_article=1|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2005/06/11/selon-rsf-plusieurs-millions-de-dollars-auraient-ete-demandes-pour-liberer-aubenas_661172_3236.html|website=lemonde.fr|title=Selon RSF, des proches des ravisseurs de Florence Aubenas avaient demandé une rançon|publisher=Le Monde|date=11 June 2005}} She also served as Ambassador of France to the Dominican Republic (2005-2008) and later Peru (2008-2011).{{cite web|url=http://www.zinfos974.com/Cecile-Pozzo-Di-Borgo-prend-ses-fonctions-comme-nouveau-Prefet-des-TAAF_a76923.html|website=zinfos974.com|title=Cécile Pozzo Di Borgo prend ses fonctions comme nouveau Préfet des TAAF|date=10 October 2014}}
In November 2011, Pozzo di Borgo took up her duties as prefect of Aveyron, with an agenda that included inter-communality in the department, road junctions, and water supply for agricultural production.{{cite web|url=http://www.zinfos974.com/Cecile-Pozzo-Di-Borgo-prend-ses-fonctions-comme-nouveau-Prefet-des-TAAF_a76923.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zinfos974.com%2FCecile-Pozzo-Di-Borgo-prend-ses-fonctions-comme-nouveau-Prefet-des-TAAF_a76923.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-06-15|title=Rodez. Premier poste de préfète pour Cécile Pozzo di Borgo|website=www.ladepeche.fr|date=8 November 2011|accessdate=21 October 2018}} She served in this position until 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/cecile-pozzo-di-borgo-devient-prefet-des-taaf|website=meretmarine.com|title=Cécile Pozzo di Borgo devient préfet des TAAF}} On 18 September 2014, she was appointed prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF), by presidential decree.{{cite web|url=http://www.taaf.fr/IMG/pdf/2014-10-10_nouveau_prefet_taaf.pdf|title=Prise de fonction de Mme Cécile POZZO DI BORGO, nouveau préfet, administrateur supérieur des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises|website=www.taaf.fr|date=10 October 2015|accessdate=31 October 2018|archive-date=10 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310011841/http://www.taaf.fr/IMG/pdf/2014-10-10_nouveau_prefet_taaf.pdf|url-status=dead}} On 20 February 2018, she asserted her pension rights. Her stint was marked by the arrival of L'Astrolabe. In May 2018, she officially retired from her position as prefect of TAAF.{{cite web|url=https://www.clicanoo.re/Societe/Article/2018/05/29/La-prefete-prend-sa-retraite-en-quittant-les-TAAF_532334|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805041707/https://www.clicanoo.re/Societe/Article/2018/05/29/La-prefete-prend-sa-retraite-en-quittant-les-TAAF_532334|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2021|title=La préfète prend sa retraite en quittant les TAAF|website=www.clicanoo.re|date=29 May 2018|accessdate=1 November 2018}}
For Pierre Jullien, from Le Monde, Pozzo di Borgo led an "atypical" career, being neither 'from the prefectural corps' nor 'out of the ENA'.{{cite web|url=http://mondephilatelique.blog.lemonde.fr/2014/12/02/rencontre-avec-le-prefet-des-taaf-cecile-pozzo-di-borgo-16e-partie/|author=Pierre Jullien|website=mondephilatelique.blog.lemonde.fr|date=2 December 2014|title=Rencontre avec le préfet des TAAF, Cécile Pozzo di Borgo (16e partie)|access-date=6 March 2023|archive-date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091859/http://mondephilatelique.blog.lemonde.fr/2014/12/02/rencontre-avec-le-prefet-des-taaf-cecile-pozzo-di-borgo-16e-partie/|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Pozzo di Borgo is married to Alain Pozzo di Borgo, and they have three children.{{cite web|url=http://www.midilibre.fr/2011/11/09/cecile-pozzo-di-borgo-a-pris-ses-fonctions-en-aveyron,414970.php|website=midilibre.fr|title=La nouvelle préfète : Cécile Pozzo di Borgo a pris ses fonctions|author=Guy Audouy|date=9 November 2011}}. She is the sister-in-law of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo.{{cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/12/18/1242458-la-prefete-sensible-aux-intouchables.html|website=ladepeche.fr|publisher=La Dépêche du Midi|title=La préfète sensible aux « Intouchables|date=18 December 2011|author=Marie-Christine Bessou}}.
Awards
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- 40px Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (2011){{Legifrance|base=JORF|numéro=PREX1130511D|titre=Décret du 14 novembre 2011 portant promotion et nomination}}
- 40px Officer of the Légion d'honneur (2016){{Legifrance|base=JORF|numéro=PREX1637723D|titre=Décret du 30 décembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination}}
- 40px Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-septembre-2016|title=Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres septembre 2016|website=Minister of Culture|accessdate=14 August 2019}}
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