Mathieu Gallet (born 8 January 1977) is a French senior civil servant and political advisor. He was the chief executive of the

Institut national de l'audiovisuel The (abbrev. INA), () is a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives. Additionally it provides free access to archives of countries such as Afghanistan and Cambodia. It has its headquarters in Bry-sur-Marne. Since 200 ...

from 2010 to 2014. He was the CEO of

Radio France Radio France is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: *France Inter — Radio France's "generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed with a wide variety of ...

from 2014 to 2018. In 2019, he launched Majelan, a podcast distribution and production platform.

Early life

Gallet was born on 8 January 1977 in

Villeneuve-sur-Lot Villeneuve-sur-Lot (; in the Languedocien dialect of Occitan language: ''Vilanuèva d'Òlt'' ) is a town and commune in the southwestern French department of Lot-et-Garonne. The commune was formerly named ''Villeneuve-d'Agen''. Villeneuve-sur-L ...

. He earned a

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in the humanities and graduated from the

Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, also known as Sciences Po Bordeaux, is a French grande école located on the university campus of Pessac, Bordeaux. It is attached to the University of Bordeaux. Established in 1948, Sciences Po Bordeau ...

. He also earned a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in political economy from Pantheon-Sorbonne University.

Career

Gallet began his career at

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, followed by

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. He worked as an advisor to the Industry Minister François Loos in 2006, Culture Minister

Christine Albanel Christine Albanel (born 25 June 1955) is a French politician and civil servant. From May 2007 to June 2009, she was France's Minister for Culture and Communication in François Fillon's government. Early career Albanel is agrégé in classica ...

from 2007 to 2009, and Culture Minister

Frédéric Mitterrand Frédéric Mitterrand (born 21 August 1947) is a French politician who served as Minister of Culture and Communication of France from 2009 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. Throughout his career, he has been an actor, screenwriter, tele ...

from 2009 to 2010. Gallet was the chief executive of the

from 2010 to 2014 He was the CEO of

from 2014 to 2018. Following a conviction for favouritism in the attribution of publicity contracts during his time as President of INA, Gallet was sentenced to a one-year jail term, which was suspended, as well as a 20,000 euro fine. This sentence is currently under appeal.

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suggested that

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...

was involved in Gallet's conviction because the rumors about their homosexual affairs were damaging to Macron's presidential image. The

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was first published by Christophe Soret, director of the French LGBT bimonthly ''Garçon Magazine'' which pictured Macron on the cover with a nude

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and also adding a separate special supplement on the gay's

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. Following this conviction, the Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel removed Gallet as President of Radio France on 31 January 2018. In 2018, he founded Majelan, a start-up with aspirations to become the "Netflix of podcasts". The platform was launched in June 2019. By December 2019, Majelan had raised €10 million."Paris-based Majelan snaps up €6 million to disrupt podcast industry"
''EU Startups'', 20 December 2019

References

1977 births Living people People from Villeneuve-sur-Lot Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni French civil servants {{France-politician-stub