Bruno Racine

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Bruno Racine (born 17 December 1951) is a French civil servant and writer.

1 Life
2 Works
3 Decorations
4 Sources
5 Notes

[edit] Life

Son of Pierre Racine (a conseiller d'État) and Edwina Morgulis, Bruno Racine was born in Paris. He studied at the École La Rochefoucauld then at the lycée Louis-le-Grand before entering the École normale supérieure and obtaining an agrégation in "lettres classiques". He also followed courses at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris entered the École nationale d'administration in 1977.

He left the ENA for the Cour 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 (Louis, Pauline, Sabine, Pierre).

He entered the service for strategic affairs and disarmament in the Ministry of Exterior Relations (1983-1986) before rejoining the cabinet of Jacques 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 became Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Alain Juppé, again as "chargé de mission auprès du ministre", and at the same time director of the Centre d'analyse et de prévision (1993-1995). He then followed him to Matignon as "chargé de mission auprès du Premier ministre", particularly with concern for the cultural and strategic portfolios (1995-1997).

Promoted to conseiller maître à la Cour des comptes (1996), he became director of the French Academy in Rome (1997-2002) before being named president of the Centre Georges-Pompidou (2002).

In the "Conseil des ministres" of 28 March 2007, he was made president of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, to take effect on 2 April 2007^[1], succeeding Jean-Noël Jeanneney, who had reached the age limit for that post.

He presides over the board of directors of the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (since 2001) and the Haut conseil de l'éducation (since 2005).

[edit] Works

Le Gouverneur de Morée, 1982, Prix du premier roman
Terre de promission, 1986
Au péril de la mer, 1991, Prix des Deux Magots 1992
La Séparation des biens, 1999, Prix La Bruyère from the Académie française 1999
L'Art de vivre à Rome (collaboration), 1999, Grand prix du livre des arts from the Société des gens de lettres 2000
L'Art de vivre en Toscane, 2000
Le tombeau de la Chrétienne, 2002
Le côté d'Odessa, 2007