Rémi Mathis

Rémi Mathis (; born 20 November 1982) is a French historian and curator. He was president of Wikimedia France from 2011 to 2014.

Early life Rémi Mathis was born on 20 November 1982 in Besançon, France, son of paleontologist . Mathis graduated from the in 2007. The following year he obtained his degree from the National School of Information Science and Libraries.

In 2010, he married Marie-Alice Mathis, a neuroscientist. In 2012, he wrote a book about Pomponne and Robert Arnauld d'Andilly. He has contributed to Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature. and curated an exhibition on French prints of the 17th c. (Getty-BnF, 2015–2016).

He was made a knight in the order of Arts and Letters and in the Order of Academic Palmes.

Free culture advocacy Mathis is active in promoting the legalization of freedom of panorama in France. He also advocates against the privatization of the digitization of public-domain works. His work in the culture sector and free culture movement has earned him the nickname "Janus de la transmission," by Le Magazine littéraire.

He was a member and chairperson of Wikimedia France, and served as president from April 2011 to October 2014. In April 2013, the French interior intelligence agency (DCRI) pressured Mathis into deleting the French language Wikipedia article about the Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station, under threat of detention and criminal charges. The article was later restored by another Wikipedia contributor based in Switzerland.

In 2013, he was named Wikipedian of the Year by Jimmy Wales at Wikimania.