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'''Jean Miot''' (30 July 1939 – 18 April 2017) was a French journalist and media executive. He was the associate director of ''[[Le Figaro]]'', France's conservative [[newspaper of record]], from 1980 to 1993, and the chairman of its advisory committee from 1993 to 1996. He was the CEO of [[Agence France-Presse]] from 1996 to 1999.
 
==Early life==
Jean Miot was born on 30 July 1939 in [[Châteauroux]], [[Berry, France]].<ref name="lacroixobit">{{cite news|title=Décès de Jean Miot, ancien patron du Figaro et de l’AFP|url=http://www.la-croix.com/Economie/Medias/Deces-Jean-Miot-ancien-patron-Figaro-lAFP-2017-04-18-1200840326|accessdate=April 19, 2017|work=La Croix|date=April 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name="libeobit">{{cite news|title=Décès de Jean Miot, ancien patron du Figaro et de l’AFP|url=http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2017/04/18/deces-de-jean-miot-ancien-patron-du-figaro-et-de-l-afp_1563438|accessdate=April 19, 2017|work=Libération|date=April 18, 2017}}</ref> His father was a [[piano tuner]].<ref name="libeobit"/>
 
==Career==
Miot began his career at ''Centre Presse'', a local newspaper in [[Poitiers]] in 1964.<ref name="libepresidentde">{{cite news|last1=Costemalle|first1=Olivier|title=Jean Miot, 59 ans, président de l'AFP, pourrait, malgré beaucoup d'expérience et un gros appétit de pouvoir, perdre son siège. Toujours dans la presse?|url=http://www.liberation.fr/portrait/1999/01/28/jean-miot-59-ans-president-de-l-afp-pourrait-malgre-beaucoup-d-experience-et-un-gros-appetit-de-pouv_261076|accessdate=April 19, 2017|work=Libération|date=January 28, 1999}}</ref> He was a journalist for ''[[France-Antilles]]'' in 1968-19701968–1970.<ref name="libepresidentde"/> Between 1974 and 1980, he was the editor-in-chief of ''France-Antilles'' and, ''Paris Normandie'', ''Le Berry Républicain, Nord Matin, and ''[[Nord éclair]]''.<ref name="libepresidentde"/>
[[File:Le Figaro, boulevard Haussmann.JPG|thumb|right|The headquarters of ''Le Figaro'' in Paris.]]
Miot was the chairmanassociate director of ''Le Figaro'' from 1980 to 1993, and the chairman of its advisory committee of ''[[Le Figaro]]'' asfrom 1993 to 1996.<ref name="libepresidentde"/> He wellwas asalso the president of the National Federation of French Press from 1993 to 1996,<ref name="libepresidentde"/> and the chief executive officer of [[Agence France-Presse]] from 1996 to 1999.<ref name="lacroixobit"/><ref name="lemondeobit">{{cite news|title=Le journaliste Jean Miot est mort|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/04/18/le-journaliste-jean-miot-est-mort_5112986_3382.html|accessdate=April 19, 2017|work=Le Monde|date=April 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name="lefigobit">{{cite news|last1=Fulda|first1=Anne|title=Mort de Jean Miot, le dernier baron de la presse|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2017/04/18/20004-20170418ARTFIG00234-mort-de-jean-miot-le-dernier-baron-de-la-presse.php|accessdate=April 19, 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>▼
 
Miot was a Knightknight of the [[Legion of Honour]] and an officer of the [[Étoile Civique]].<ref name="libepresidentde"/> He was also a Knightknight of the [[Confrérie des Chevaliers du Sacavin]] and a member of the [[Confrérie des maitres-pipiers]].<ref name="libepresidentde"/> Additionally, he was a commander of the Senegalese [[National Order of the Lion]].<ref name="libepresidentde"/>▼
▲Miot was the chairman of the advisory committee of ''[[Le Figaro]]'' as well as the president of the National Federation of French Press from 1993 to 1996,<ref name="libepresidentde"/> and the chief executive officer of [[Agence France-Presse]] from 1996 to 1999.<ref name="lacroixobit"/><ref name="lemondeobit">{{cite news|title=Le journaliste Jean Miot est mort|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/04/18/le-journaliste-jean-miot-est-mort_5112986_3382.html|accessdate=April 19, 2017|work=Le Monde|date=April 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name="lefigobit">{{cite news|last1=Fulda|first1=Anne|title=Mort de Jean Miot, le dernier baron de la presse|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2017/04/18/20004-20170418ARTFIG00234-mort-de-jean-miot-le-dernier-baron-de-la-presse.php|accessdate=April 19, 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
 
▲Miot was a Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]].<ref name="libepresidentde"/> He was also a Knight of the [[Confrérie des Chevaliers du Sacavin]].<ref name="libepresidentde"/> Additionally, he was a commander of the Senegalese [[National Order of the Lion]].<ref name="libepresidentde"/>
 
==Death==
Miot died of a heart attack on 18 April 2017.<ref name="lacroixobit"/><ref name="lemondeobit"/><ref name="lefigobit"/> He was 77.<ref name="lacroixobit"/>
 
==Works==
*{{cite book|last1=Miot|first1=Jean|title=La passion de la presse : de "La Gazette" de Renaudot au journal en ligne|date=2009|publisher=Éditions du Rocher|location=Monaco|isbn=9782268067438|oclc=949126011}}
 
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