Paris, 10 May 2009
By decree of the President of the Republic and after a favorable opinion of the Economic Affairs Committee of the National Assembly and Senate, Mr. Jean-Ludovic Silicani, State Counsellor, was appointed Chairman of the French Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP), on 8 May 2009.
Mr. Silicani succeeds Mr. Jean-Claude Mallet who had taken up his post on 5 January of this year, and subsequently submitted his resignation for strictly personal, health-related reasons.
Jean-Ludovic Silicani joins the members of the ARCEP Executive Board (Edouard Bridoux, Daniel-Georges Courtois, Nicolas Curien, Denis Rapone, Patrick Raude and Joëlle Toledano), as well as the director general and all members of the ARCEP staff in expressing his esteem for Jean-Claude Mallet and the significant part he played in carrying out the Authority’s responsibilities over the past five months.
Jean-Ludovic Silicani biography
 © Arcep / Didier Plowy | Jean-Ludovic SILICANI Education Civil engineer (1975) DEA (Master’s equiv.) in Economic sciences (1975) Paris Institute of political studies (1976) École nationale d’administration (First in the “Voltaire” class: January 1978 - May 1980) |
Career
1980 - 1984 | Auditor to the Conseil d'État |
1980 - 1982 | Rapporteur to the Strategic industries committee (CODIS) |
1983 - 1984 | Legal adviser to the Ministry of industry and research |
1984 - 1986 | Director at the State technology transfer agency (ANVAR) |
1986 - 1992 | Director, General Administration Department |
1993 | Director, Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France) |
1993 | Cabinet Director for Simone Veil, Minister of State, Minister responsible for Social affairs, Health and City |
1994 | General Rapporteur for the commission on State responsibilities and organisation |
1995 - 1998 | Commissioner to the Prime Minister on State reform |
1998 | Reinstated to the Conseil d’État |
Since 2001 | Chairman of the literary and artistic property authority |
2003 | Rapporteur on draft bills: |
Since 2003 | President of the 4th Chamber (sub-section) of the Conseil d’État |
Since 2004 | President of the Steering Committee of the Daily press modernisation fund (Fonds de modernisation de la presse quotidienne et assimilée) |
Since 2006 | President of the Board of Directors of the Réunion des musées nationaux (RMN) |
2007 - 2008 | Author of the White Paper on the future of the civil service |
2008 - 2009 | Member of the Committee for local authority reform, chaired by Édouard Balladur |
