The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the Ordre national du Mérite was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant contributions to the arts,literature,or the propagation of these fields.
Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie,known in France as MAM,is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans,part of the European People's Party. A member of all right-wing governments formed in the 1980s,1990s and 2000s,she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense (2002–2007),the Interior (2007–2009) and Foreign Affairs (2010–2011);she has also been in charge of Youth and Sports (1993–1995) and Justice (2009–2010),and was granted the honorary rank of Minister of State in her last two offices.
Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky is an Argentine and French astronomer,known for her research activities in astrophysics and for her leadership in astronomy and atomic energy. She is the current chairperson of the Square Kilometre Array's governing body,SKAO Council. She was the first female president of the International Astronomical Union (2006-2009) and the first female director general of the European Southern Observatory (1999-2007).
Edouard-Marcel Sandoz was a Swiss animalier sculptor and painter.
Corine Mauch is an American-born Swiss politician who currently serves as Mayor of Zurich since 2009. She previously served on the city council of Zürich between 1999 and 2008 for the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. Mauch is the first female and first openly lesbian person to be elected mayor of the city.
Brigitte Lefèvre is a French ballet dancer,choreographer and teacher. She was director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1995 to 2014.
Scriptorium is the digital library of the Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire (BCU),part of the University of Lausanne in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was launched on 7 December 2012 and initially included more than a million pages of digitized newspapers published in Vaud canton. All of the content is freely available to the public on the Scriptorium website. In their annual report,BCU reported 2,973,638 visits to Scriptorium Digital Library for its first full year of availability (2013). By the end of 2013,the collection had grown to 2,153,176 pages.
AndréDamien was a French lawyer and politician who served as the head of the French Bar Association.
The Ordre national du Mérite is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic,founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold:to replace the large number of ministerial orders previously awarded by the ministries;and to create an award that can be awarded at a lower level than the Legion of Honour,which is generally reserved for French citizens. It comprises about 185,000 members;306,000 members have been admitted or promoted in 50 years.
Aqel Biltaji was a Jordanian,Palestinian politician who served as the mayor of Amman.
Admiral Georges Cabanier was a French Naval Officer and Admiral,in addition to Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour.
Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch,née Vera Rottenberg is a Swiss retired judge. She served on the Swiss Federal Supreme Court from 1994 to 2012 and was the second woman elected to the country's highest court.
Yvette Horner was a French accordionist,pianist and composer known for performing with the Tour de France during the 1950s and 1960s. During her 70-year long career,she gave more than two thousand concerts and released around 150 records,selling a total of 30 million copies.
Isabelle Moret is a Swiss politician who served as President of the National Council from 2019 to 2020. A member of FDP.The Liberals since its foundation in 2009,she first entered the National Council in 2006 as a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD). Moret is a resident of Yens-sur-Morges in the canton of Vaud.
Hugues Randolph Gall was a French opera manager who was head of the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Paris Opera. He was director of the Fondation Monet in Giverny from 2008,and influential in many cultural organisations.
Gabrielle Nanchen is a Swiss politician and author. In 1971,she became one of the first 10 women elected to the National Council of Switzerland,serving in that body until 1979. She was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. Since leaving office,she has written books on her personal pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela and Africa.
Géraldine Savary is a journalist and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP),former member of the National Council and the Council of States and the current director of the Federal Commission of the Swiss postal services,PostCom.
Simone de Montmollin is a Swiss politician,businesswoman,and oenologist. She began her career in the medical field,working for the European Society of Cardiology before founding her own medical communications company,Götz &Cie Cardio Diffusion,in 1991. De Montmollin left the medical field to become an oenologist,and served as the director of the Swiss Union of Oenologists,worked as a communications specialist at Agroscope,and served as chairwoman for the 42nd World Congress of Vine and Wine in Geneva. In 2008 she was elected,as an Independent,to the Geneva Constituent Assembly. She later joined FDP.The Liberals and was elected to the Grand Council of Geneva,serving from 2013 to 2018. In her last year on the council,she was the president of the Committee for Environment,Agriculture,and Management. In 2019,de Montmollin was elected to the National Council,where she is a member of the Committee for Science,Education and Culture and the Delegation for Relations with the French Parliament.
Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger was a Swiss jurist,university lecturer,judge and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP). She was elected the first female judge of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
Nuria Gorrite is a Swiss-Spanish politician and museum curator. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland,she was the first woman to be elected President of the Council of State of Vaud.
