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==Controversy==
==Controversy==
When director [[Roman Polanski]] won best directing for his film ''[[An Officer and a Spy (film)| An Officer and a Spy (film)]]'' at the annual [[César Awards]] in 2020, his cast and production team boycotted the ceremony after Riester said the success of a director accused of sexual violence would send the wrong signal in the era of the [[Me Too movement]].<ref>Elizabeth Pineau and Richard Lough (February 28, 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-cesars/polanski-wins-best-director-at-cesars-prompting-walkout-protest-idUSKCN20M1P1 Polanski wins best director at Cesars, prompting walkout protest] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>
When director [[Roman Polanski]] won best directing for his film ''[[An Officer and a Spy (film)| An Officer and a Spy]]'' at the annual [[César Awards]] in 2020, his cast and production team boycotted the ceremony after Riester said the success of a director accused of sexual violence would send the wrong signal in the era of the [[Me Too movement]].<ref>Elizabeth Pineau and Richard Lough (February 28, 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-cesars/polanski-wins-best-director-at-cesars-prompting-walkout-protest-idUSKCN20M1P1 Polanski wins best director at Cesars, prompting walkout protest] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 07:36, 11 March 2020

Franck Riester
Minister of Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 October 2018
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byFrançoise Nyssen
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency
In office
20 June 2007 – 16 November 2018
Preceded byGuy Drut
Succeeded byPatricia Lemoine
Mayor of Coulommiers
In office
2008–2017
Preceded byGuy Drut
Succeeded byGinette Motot
Personal details
Born (1974-01-03) 3 January 1974 (age 50)
Paris, France
Political partyThe Republicans (until 2017)
Agir (2017–present)
Alma materISG Business School
ESSEC Business School

Franck Riester (born 3 January 1974) is a French politician. He is the current French Minister of Culture. He was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2018. He represented the Seine-et-Marne department,[1] and is a former member of The Republicans, formerly known as the Union for a Popular Movement. He founded and currently leads the Agir party.

Political career

During Nicolas Sarkozy’s unsuccessful campaign for the 2012 presidential elections, Riester served as his UMP party’s head of communications.[2]

In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Riester endorsed Bruno Le Maire as the party’s candidate for the office of President of France.[3]

Riester was named Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe on 16 October 2018.[4]

Controversy

When director Roman Polanski won best directing for his film An Officer and a Spy at the annual César Awards in 2020, his cast and production team boycotted the ceremony after Riester said the success of a director accused of sexual violence would send the wrong signal in the era of the Me Too movement.[5]

Personal life

Riester came out as gay in 2011, the first French MP to do so.[6][7][8]

In March 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak Riester tested positive for COVID-19.[9]

References

  1. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  2. ^ Catherine Bremer (February 26, 2012), Low in polls, Sarkozy stakes all on campaign verve Reuters.
  3. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (April 20, 2016), Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires L'Opinion.
  4. ^ "Communiqué de presse - remaniement et composition du nouveau gouvernement". French Republic (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Pineau and Richard Lough (February 28, 2020), Polanski wins best director at Cesars, prompting walkout protest Reuters.
  6. ^ Marc Endeweld, 'Le député-maire UMP Franck Riester fait son coming-out', in Têtu, 6 December 2011 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Jila Varoquier, 'Coulommiers : le député-maire Franck Riester (UMP) fait son coming out', in Le Parisien, 6 December 2011 [1]
  8. ^ 'Accrochages au conseil municipal, le maire UMP fait son coming out' on TF1, 6 December 2011 [2] Archived 7 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "#Coronavirus : Franck Riester, le ministre de la Culture, testé positif mais "en forme" (cabinet)". Twitter. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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