Bruno Racine | |
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 Bruno Racine in 2010 | |
| Born | (1951-12-17)17 December 1951 (age 73) |
| Education | Lycée Louis-le-Grand |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure,Sciences Po,ÉNA |
| Occupation(s) | Director of theBibliothèque nationale de France (2007-2016) |
Bruno Racine (born 17 December 1951 inParis) is a Frenchcivil servant and writer.
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Bruno Racine was born inParis. Racine is the son of Pierre Racine (aconseiller d'État) and Edwina Morgulis. He studied at the École La Rochefoucauld, then at thelycée Louis-le-Grand before entering theÉcole Normale Supérieure in 1971 and obtaining anagrégation in "lettres classiques". He also followed courses at theInstitut d'études politiques de Paris and entered theÉcole nationale d'administration in 1977.
Racine left the ENA for theCour des Comptes where he was named auditor in 1979, then "conseiller référendaire" in 1983. On 5 September 1981, he married Béatrice de Bégon de Larouzière-Montlosier, and they have had 4 children.
Racine entered the service for strategic affairs and disarmament in the Ministry of Foreign Relations (1983–1986) before joining the cabinet ofJacques Chirac,Prime Minister as a 'chargé de mission' (1986–1988).
In 1988, he was named director of cultural affairs for the city of Paris, occupying that post until 1993, when he joined the cabinet ofAlain Juppé, again as "chargé de mission auprès du ministre", and at the same time director of theCentre d'analyse et de prévision (1993–1995). He then followed him toMatignon as "chargé de mission auprès du Premier ministre", with particular concern for the cultural and strategic portfolios (1995–1997).
Promoted to conseiller maître à la Cour des comptes (1996), Racine became director of theFrench Academy in Rome (1997–2002) before being named president of theCentre Georges-Pompidou (2002).
In March 2007, Racine was made president of theBibliothèque nationale de France, to take effect on 2 April 2007, succeedingJean-Noël Jeanneney, who had reached the age limit for that post.[1]
Following the declaration in January 2009 byMinister of Culture,Christine Albanel that the archives ofGuy Debord constituted anational treasure, Racine was tasked with ensuring the necessary funds – amounting to several hundred thousand euros – for the BNF to purchase them fromAlice Becker-Ho, Debord's widow.[2]
Following his departure in 2016, Racine was succeeded as president of theBibliothèque nationale de France byLaurence Engel, who took up the post on 11 April 2016.[3]
