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Louvre gets its first female leader in 228 years

Sumit Arora Last updated on May 29th, 2021 05:11 pm Leave a comment

Historian Laurence des Cars becomes the first female president of Musée du Louvre, the world’s largest museum in Paris, France in 228 years. She was appointed as the first female president of Musée du Louvre by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

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Laurence des Cars, 54, is currently heading the Musée d’Orsay, the Paris landmark museum which is dedicated to 19th-century art. On September 1, 2021, she will replace the current president, Jean-Luc Martinez, who had been heading the Orsay museum for the past eight years.

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France Capital: Paris.
France President: Emmanuel Macron.
France Prime minister: Jean Castex
France Currency: Euro.

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