Pierre Viot
{{Short description|French official (1925–2020)}}
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| birth_date = 9 April 1925
| birth_place = Bordeaux, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|08|06|1925|04|09}}
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| nationality = French
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| office = Secretary General of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board
| term_start = 1971
| term_end = 1973
| office2 = Secretary General of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée
| term_start2 = 1973
| term_end2 = 1984
| office3 = President of the Cannes Film Festival
| term_start3 = 1984
| term_end3 = 2000
| predecessor3 = Robert Favre Le Bret
| successor3 = Gilles Jacob
| office4 = President of the Paris Opera
| term_start4 = 1985
| term_end4 = 1987
| office5 = President of the Opéra Bastille
| term_start5 = 1985
| term_end5 = 1990
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Pierre Viot (9 April 1925 – 6 August 2020) was a French executive. He served as a senior advisor on the French Court of Audit.
Biography
Former student of the École nationale d'administration (Jean-Giraudoux promotion, 1950-1952).{{cite web| url=https://www.lesbiographies.com/Mobile/Biographie/M-Pierre-VIOT,38095| title=Extrait de la fiche de M. Pierre VIOT| accessdate=2022-11-21| archive-date=2022-11-21| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121111032/https://www.lesbiographies.com/Mobile/Biographie/M-Pierre-VIOT,38095| url-status=live}} Viot headed the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée from 1973 to 1984. He was elected as President of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, replacing Robert Favre Le Bret until 2000. He presided over the Opéra Bastille from 1985 to 1990, and the Paris Opera from 1985 to 1987.
Distinctions
- Commander of the Legion of Honour (1999){{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000576318&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|title=Décret du 2 avril 1999 portant promotion|date=4 April 2020|work=Légifrance|language=French}}
- Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite (2013){{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028197684&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|title=Décret du 14 novembre 2013 portant élévation aux dignités de grand'croix et de grand officier|date=15 November 2013|work=Légifrance|language=French}}