Jean-Jacques_Aillagon--François_Léotard

Jean-Jacques Aillagon (born 2 October 1946, Metz) is a French museum director and politician.Aillagon was a close confidant of Jacques Chirac, as well as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) political party. He became Minister of Culture and Communication in 2002, a post in which he served until 2004. During his time in government, Aillagon worked on a law concerning philanthropy, patronage, and foundations in France.Outside of politics, he has been the chairman at the Centre Georges Pompidou, the CEO of the worldwide satellite TV station TV5MONDE, and president of the Château de Versailles. Jean-Jacques Aillagon is a confidant of François Pinault and has worked as his art advisor.Aillagon is openly gay.