Jean-Luc Martinez

Director of Musée du Louvre, a museum in Paris, France
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Jean-Luc Martinez (born 22 March 1964) is the former president of the Louvre.[1] In May 2022 French police charged him with crimes including fraud and money laundering related to antiquities trafficking.[2][3]

Martinez began working at the Louvre in 1997 as a curator. He was the president of the Louvre from 2013 to 2022, and before that, the director of the museum’s Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art departments.[4]

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References

  1. ^ Carvajal, Doreen (14 December 2014). "Revamping the Louvre to Lose That Lost Feeling". New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ Miriam Berger (2022-05-27). "Former Louvre president charged in art trafficking case". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  3. ^ "The former head of the Louvre faces charges linked to alleged antiquities smuggling". NPR. 27 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Louvre museum's ex-president charged in art trafficking case". BBC News. 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  5. ^ http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/sites/default/files/promotion/lh20160101_1.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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