Jean François Chougnet

President of Bourges 2028- European Capital of Culture

Historian, he is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and of the École Nationale d’Administration. President of Bourges 2028- European Capital of Culture. 

He has been the director of the lille3000 festival (2023-2025). From 2014 to 2022, he was president of the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (Mucem) in Marseille. From 2011 to 2014, he served as Director of Marseille Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture. From 2007 to 2011, he was director of the Museu Coleção Berardo in Lisbon. From 2000 to 2006, he was Director General of the Parc de la Villette and the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris.

He is associated curator of artistic commissions for the Grand Paris Express, new subway network.