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distinguished Northerners in a promotion marked by the health crisis

On the occasion of the regrouping of the annual promotions in the two national orders of the Legion of Honor and of Merit, the President of the Republic and the Government wished that a significant number of people who contributed to the fight against Covid- 19, at all levels and in all fields of activity, be distinguished. Fact, 63% of people rewarded in decrees published in Official newspaper are particularly important for their participation in actions against the epidemic.

Among these graduates of the Legion of Honor, we find several northerners including figures like the Cambrésienne Pascale Cossart, researcher in bacteriology, named Grand Officer; Patrick Goldstein, emergency manager at Lille University Hospital and Samu 59, appointed officer; the Lille virologist Anne Goffard and the head of the infectious diseases department at the Lille University Hospital, Karine Faure, become knights.

The doctor from Tourquenne, Philippe Lerche, who died of the Covid, was posthumously promoted to knights, as was Jean-Jacques Razafindranazy, a doctor from the Oise who also died of the Covid.

Karine Faure, head of the infectious diseases department at Lille University Hospital.

In other areas, among those promoted to the rank of officer, we find the photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the navigator Isabelle Autissier, the writer Lili Leignel, the rank of knight the singer Michel Sardou, the Nobel Prize Esther Duflo, the lyric singer Gautier Capuçon, writer Michel Pastoureau, directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Naccache …

On the side of northern personalities, are promoted the former PS deputy Bernard Roman, the president of the regional chamber of commerce and industry Philippe Hourdain, the director of the Museum of Swimming Pools in Roubaix Bruno Gaudichon,

Bruno Gaudichon, curator of the La Piscine museum.
Bruno Gaudichon, curator of the La Piscine museum.

the director of the Louvre-Lens Marie Lavandier,

the first deputy mayor of Tourcoing Jean-Marie Vuylstecker, the mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries Bernard Baudoux, the former mayor of Bois-Bernard Christine Toutain, the first attorney general at the court of appeal of Douai Eric Bédos, l he former mayor of Flers-en-Escrebieux Jean-Jacques Peyraud is promoted to the rank of officer.

Other decorated personalities

Singer Michel Sardou and photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand are also made commanders of the Legion of Honor. The lyrical artist Roberto Alagna and the singer Angélique Kidjo become officers, and the cellist Gautier Capuçon, the filmmakers Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano or the journalist Carole Gaessler are appointed knights. L’Oréal CEO Jean-Paul Agon becomes a Commander, Dominique Auzias, co-founder of the Petit Futé guide and Christiane Lambert, president of the FNSEA, become officers. Also honored as commanders are the Nobel prizes for chemistry Emmanuelle Charpentier and economics Esther Duflo, the psychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik. Former resistance fighters Hubert Faure and Anne-Marie Krug-Basse were raised to the highest dignity, that of grandcross.

The navigator and president of WWF France Isabelle Autissier becomes a commander. And the mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi, the former Minister of Agriculture Didier Guillaume and the national coordinator of intelligence and the fight against terrorism Laurent Nunez are appointed officers.

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