Laurent Nuñez-Belda (born 19 February 1964) is a French civil servant and independent politician who has served as Head of the National Center of Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (CNRLT) from 2020 to 2022. From 2018 until 2020, he was as Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.[1] He served as director-general of the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) from 2017 to 2018.
Laurent Nuñez | |
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 Laurent Nuñez in 2019 | |
| Paris Prefect of police | |
| Assumed office 21 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Didier Lallement |
| Head of the National Centre for Counter Terrorism | |
| In office 15 July 2020 – 20 July 2022 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Pierre de Bousquet de Florian |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Mailhos |
| Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 16 October 2018 – 6 July 2020 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
| Preceded by | Jacqueline Gourault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Laurent Nuñez-Belda 19 February 1964 Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
| Alma mater | University of Tours, ÉNA |
| Profession | Civil Servant |
Early life and education
editNuñez studied law and joined the civil service in 1989. In 1999, he graduated from the École nationale d’administration (ENA).[2]
Career
editIn 2012, Nuñez became a directeur de cabinet at the Paris Police Prefecture, and in 2015 he was appointed as police prefect in Bouches-du-Rhône.[2]
As part of the reorganisation of the French intelligence services Nuñez was appointed as director-general of DGSI on 22 June 2017, and succeeded Patrick Calvar. He pursued a new policy of "openness."[3]
On 16 October 2018 he served as Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior, under the leadership of minister Christophe Castaner. He was especially responsible for the coordination of the intelligence services and the police.[4]
In July 2020, Nuñez was appointed Head of the National Center of Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (CNRLT), succeeding Pierre de Bousquet de Florian.[5]
Honours
edit- On 26 September 2016, Nuñez was awarded the Insignia rank of the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the then president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto.[6]
References
edit- ^ Adam Nossiter (October 16, 2018), Embattled Macron Shuffles French Cabinet, Again, in Favor of Loyalists New York Times.
- ^ a b "Laurent NUÑEZ". Ministry of the Interior.
- ^ Laurent Nuñez : l’expert de Castaner, Le Parisien, 16 October 2018
- ^ "Laurent Nunez, patron de la DGSI et nouvel homme fort du renseignement". lejdd.fr. 11 July 2017.
- ^ Laurent Nuñez va être nommé patron de la «task force» antiterroriste de l'Élysée Le Figaro, July 15, 2020.
- ^ Granting the Decoration of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle to thirty-one citizens of the French Republic - website of the Official Journal of the Federation (Mexico)