Director of the prestigious Villa Médicis, in Rome, since 2008, Frédéric Mitterand was named Minister of Culture and Communication, on 23 June, by Nicolas Sarkozy. He takes over from Christine Albanel.

‘Villa Médicis’, is a Ministry of Culture in a reduced model’, he says. Coming from the reduced model to Rue de Valois, Frédéric Mitterand was named Minister of Culture and Communication. And without a doubt he knows the large scale culture world.

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