Gilles Pécout

Gilles Pécout (born 2 December 1961) is a French historian, academic and diplomat. He is currently the French Ambassador to Austria.[1]

Gilles Pécout
Pécout at the French History Culture Forum in 2015
French Ambassador to Austria
Assumed office
12 September 2020
Personal details
NationalityFrench

Biography

Pécout was born in Marseille. He graduated from the École normale supérieure in Paris, where he was also professor and director of the History Department.[2]

He holds the chair of Political and Cultural History of 19th century Italy and Mediterranean Europe at the Sorbonne.[3]

He is known to the Italian public thanks to his participation in the RAI3 television program Il tempo e la storia and its sequel Passato e presente, of which he is also a member of the scientific committee.[4][5][6]

On 15 September 2016, he was appointed rector of the Île-de-France Academic Region and rector of the Academy of Paris.[7] In September 2020 he became Ambassador of France to Austria.[8][9]

Works
  • Il lungo Risorgimento. La nascita dell'Italia contemporanea (1770–1922) (Naissance de l'Italie contemporaine, 1770–1922), Bruno Mondadori, 2011, ISBN 9788861596153
  • Curatore: Penser les frontières de l'Europe du XIXe au XXIe siècle, PUF, 2004
  • Atlas de l'histoire de France, Autrement, 2007
  • Grand Atlas de l'Histoire de France, sotto la direzione di Jean Boutier, con Olivier Guyotjeannin, Autrement, 2011

Honours

French honours
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
— May 14, 2010[10]
Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite
— May 14, 2010[11]
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Legion d'onore – ribbon for ordinary uniform
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Legion d'onore – ribbon for ordinary uniform
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Legion d'onore
— 18 aprile 2014[12]
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Legion d'onore – ribbon for ordinary uniform
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Legion d'onore – ribbon for ordinary uniform
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Legion d'onore
— 18 aprile 2014[13]
Commendatore dell'Ordine delle Palme accademiche – ribbon for ordinary uniform
Commendatore dell'Ordine delle Palme accademiche – ribbon for ordinary uniform
Commendatore dell'Ordine delle Palme accademiche
— 3 giugno 2014
Ufficiale dell'Ordine delle Arti e delle Lettere – ribbon for ordinary uniform
Ufficiale dell'Ordine delle Arti e delle Lettere – ribbon for ordinary uniform
Ufficiale dell'Ordine delle Arti e delle Lettere
— 12 marzo 2019[14]

Foreign honours

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – December 27, 2021[15]

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – December 27, 2006[16]

References
  1. "Vœux de l'Ambassadeur de France en Autriche (02.01.23)". La France en Autriche (in French). Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. Da Promotion pour Gilles Pécout à l’éducation nationale
  3. Dal sito dell'ENS
  4. "Il Tempo e la Storia – programma". Rai Storia.
  5. "Il tempo e la storia: il programma". Rai Storia.
  6. "Passato e presente: Programma". Rai Storia.
  7. Décret du 15 septembre 2016 portant nomination d’un recteur su Legifrance
  8. Michael Linhart (September 4, 2020). "L'académie de Paris et son Recteur C Kerrero disent au revoir à son ancien Recteur, nommé Ambassadeur de France en Autriche, en présence de la Maire de Paris Anne Hidalgo ;". twitter.com (in French).
  9. "L'ambassadeur de France en Autriche". at.ambafrance.org (in French). September 17, 2020.
  10. (in French)Décret du 14 mai 2010 portant promotion et nomination su Legifrance
  11. (in French)Décret du 14 mai 2010 portant promotion et nomination su Legifrance
  12. (in French)Décret du 18 avril 2014 portant promotion et nomination su Legifrance
  13. (in French)Décret du 18 avril 2014 portant promotion et nomination su Legifrance
  14. (in French)Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – hiver 2019 su Ministère de la Culture
  15. "Dettaglio decorato Gilles Pécout". quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  16. "Dettaglio decorato Gilles Pécout". quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved October 6, 2022.
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