The former enarque and collaborator of General de Gaulle, who had led the public radio from 1989 to 1995, was 90 years old.
Le Monde with AFP
Jean Maheu, former CEO of Radio France and ex-Director of the Center Pompidou, died on Sunday, January 9 at the age of 90, announced the public radio group, which pays tribute to a “man of great culture in love of all the arts “.
President and CEO of Radio France for two mandates, from 1989 to 1995, “Jean Maheu marked the history of a house that maintains a carnal connection with culture and all his expressions,” said the institution in a communiqué . Sibyl Veil, on behalf of Radio France, addressed its condolences to its wife, six children and nine grandchildren.
At the head of great cultural institutions
Graduate of ENA in 1956, Jean Maheu became auditor at the Court of Auditors before incorporating the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic as a collaborator of General de Gaulle (1962-1967), and then the Secretariat. in charge of youth.
In 1974, Jean Maheu hires a cultural turn by becoming director of music, lyric art and dance at the Ministry of Culture, President of the Paris Orchestra and Vice President of the Opera House Paris.
It will pursue his career at the head of great cultural institutions: the Pompidou Center (1983-1989), Radio France, the theater of the city, then the house of the poetry of the city of Paris (1995-1998). Jean Maheu also published several collections of poems.