Sylvie Hubac

Sylvie Hubac (; born 7 March 1956) is the former chief of staff of President François Hollande and was the personal representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra between 2012 and 2015.

After having presided over several cultural establishments, she was director of the cabinet of the President of the French Republic from 2012 to 2015 and personal representative of the President of the Republic as co-prince in Andorra. In 2016, she became president of the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées. She became president of the Interior section of the Council of State on 5 July 2018.

Career

Youth and training Born in Tunis, a few days before the end of the French protectorate, Hubac graduated from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris and the School of Oriental Languages. She also has a law degree. She is a student of the National School of Administration within the Voltaire promotion (same promotion as François Hollande) from which she graduated ranked 5th (general administration route).

Career Hubac began her career as an auditor and then master of requests at the Council of State from 1980 to 1988. She was technical adviser to the cabinet of Prime Minister Michel Rocard from 1988 to 1991, then deputy director of the cabinet of Jack Lang, Minister of Culture from 1992 to 1993.

In 1993, she became First Counselor at the French Embassy in Spain, before returning to France in 1996 as Government Commissioner to the litigation section of the Council of State until 1998 when she was appointed Director General of Services at the Ile-de-France region. From 2000 to 2004, she held the position of Director of Music, Dance, Theater and Shows at the Ministry of Culture. From 2004 to 2012, she was president of the 5th sub-section of the litigation section of the Council of State and at the same time president of the Commission for the classification of cinematographic works, as well as President of the Superior Council for Literary and Artistic Property from 2010.

She is a member of the left-liberal think tank Les Gracques. On 15 May 2012, she was appointed director of the cabinet of the President of the French Republic and personal representative of the Head of State of the co-prince in Andorra. She left that position on 5 January 2015, replaced by Thierry Lataste. Officer of the National Order of Merit (2008) Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles (2013)