Gilles Pécout
{{Short description|French historian, academic and diplomat}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gilles Pécout
| office = French Ambassador to Austria
| termstart = 12 September 2020
| image = Gilles Pécout Forum France Culture Histoire 2015.JPG
| caption = Pécout at the French History Culture Forum in 2015
| nationality = French
}}
Gilles Pécout (born on 2 December 1961) is a French historian, academic and diplomat. He was formerly the French Ambassador to Austria.{{Cite web |title=Vœux de l'Ambassadeur de France en Autriche (02.01.23) |url=https://at.ambafrance.org/Voeux-de-l-Ambassadeur-de-France-en-Autriche-02-01-23 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=La France en Autriche |language=fr}} He is currently the President of the Biblioteque Nationale de France (BnF).
Biography
Pécout was born in Marseille in December 1961. He graduated from the École normale supérieure in Paris, where he was also professor and director of the History Department.[http://www.acteurspublics.com/2014/06/03/promotion-pour-gilles-pecout-a-l-education-nationale Da Promotion pour Gilles Pécout à l’éducation nationale]
He holds the chair of Political and Cultural History of 19th century Italy and Mediterranean Europe at the Sorbonne.[http://www.histoire.ens.fr/-Pecout-Gilles-.html Dal sito dell'ENS]
He is known to the Italian public thanks to his participation in the RAI3 television program Il tempo e la storia and its sequel Passato e presente, of which he is also a member of the scientific committee.{{Cite web|title=Il Tempo e la Storia – programma|url=http://www.raistoria.rai.it/tempo-storia-archivio/default.aspx|website=Rai Storia}}{{Cite web|title=Il tempo e la storia: il programma|url=http://www.raistoria.rai.it/tempo-storia/default.aspx|website=Rai Storia}}{{Cite web|title=Passato e presente: Programma|url=http://www.raistoria.rai.it/programmi/passato-e-presente/275/1/default.aspx#Programma|website=Rai Storia}}
On 15 September 2016, he was appointed rector of the Académie de Paris.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000033121202 Décret du 15 septembre 2016 portant nomination d’un recteur] su Legifrance In September 2020 he became Ambassador of France to Austria.{{Cite web|author=Michael Linhart|date=September 4, 2020|title=L'académie de Paris et son Recteur C Kerrero disent au revoir à son ancien Recteur, nommé Ambassadeur de France en Autriche, en présence de la Maire de Paris Anne Hidalgo ;|url=https://twitter.com/LinhartBMEIA/status/1301852220955164674|website=twitter.com|language=fr}}{{Cite web|author=|date=September 17, 2020|title=L'ambassadeur de France en Autriche|url=https://at.ambafrance.org/L-ambassadeur-de-France-en-Autriche|website=at.ambafrance.org|language=fr|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123025526/https://at.ambafrance.org/L-ambassadeur-de-France-en-Autriche|url-status=dead}}
He has been President of the BnF since April, 2024.
Works
Author of several works and scientific editions and director or co-director of 8 volumes, he has published 75 articles in French and foreign scientific journals (Italy, United States, Greece, United Kingdom, Japan, China) and occasionally collaborated with the daily newspapers Le Monde, Libération, and the Italian press.
- Birth of Contemporary Italy, 1770-1922, Nathan, 1997; reissued, Armand Colin, 2004
- Atlas of French History, Autrement, 2007
- Grand Atlas of the History of France, under the direction of Jean Boutier, with Olivier Guyotjeannin, Autrement, 2011
Honours
= French honours =
| rowspan="2" style="width:60px; vertical-align:top;" | File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg | Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite |
| — 18 April 2014{{in lang|fr}}[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028861183&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id Décret du 18 avril 2014 portant promotion et nomination] su Legifrance |
| rowspan="2" style="width:60px; vertical-align:top;" | File:Palmes academiques Commandeur ribbon.svg | Commandeur de l'ordre des Palmes académiques |
| — 3 June 2014 |
= Italian honours =
File:ITA OMRI 2001 GUff BAR.svg Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – December 27, 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/370115|title=Dettaglio decorato Gilles Pécout|website=quirinale.it|language=IT|accessdate=October 6, 2022}}
File:ITA OMRI 2001 Com BAR.svg Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – December 27, 2006{{cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/303637|title=Dettaglio decorato Gilles Pécout|website=quirinale.it|language=IT|accessdate=October 6, 2022}}
References
External links
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- [http://www.treccani.it/istituto/chi-siamo/profilo/organi_sociali/consiglio_scientifico/pecout_gilles.html Treccani.it]
- [http://www.sorbonne.fr/wp-content/uploads/Biographie_Gilles_P%C3%A9cout_Recteur_Paris.pdf Sorbonne.fr]
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Category:Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour
Category:21st-century French historians
Category:20th-century French historians