Philippe Bélaval (, born 21 August 1955) is a French high-ranking official. He has been president of the

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since 2012.

Life

Born in

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

, Belaval graduated from the

Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse Sciences Po Toulouse (), or the Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse () is one of the nine Institutes of Political Studies of France. Based in the center of Toulouse, France, next to the Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, this highly selective ...

(class 1975). He is a former student of the

École nationale d'administration The (; ENA; ) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by the then Provisional Government of the French Republic, provisional chief of government Charles de Gaulle and principal co-author of the Constitution of France, 1958 Constitution M ...

, and was an auditor of the 58th national session of the

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. He has been a member of the

Conseil d'État In France, the (; Council of State) is a governmental body that acts both as legal adviser to the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice, which is one of the two branches of the French judiciary system. Establ ...

since 1979.

Honours

Officier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was ...

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

decree dated 24 March 1998 * Ordre national du Merite Commandeur ribbon

Commandeur de l'ordre national du Mérite Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank as well as a job title in many armies. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries, th ...

decree dated 2 May 2012
/ref> ** Ordre national du Merite Officier ribbon

Officier de l'ordre national du Mérite decree dated 11 March 2002 *

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commandeur ribbon

Commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres

References

External links

Philippe Belaval
on Biographies.com
Biography on the site of the Archives de France
École nationale d'administration alumni Officers of the Legion of Honour Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1955 births Living people People from Toulouse {{Unreferenced category, cat1=Directors of the Paris Opera, date=November 2023 Directors of the Paris Opera