Jean Miot

Jean Miot (30 July 1939 – 18 April 2017) was a French journalist and media executive.

He was the associate director of Le Figaro, France's conservative newspaper of record, from 1980 to 1993, and the chairman of its advisory committee from 1993 to 1996.

[2] Miot began his career at Centre Presse, a local newspaper in Poitiers in 1964.

[3] He was also the president of the National Federation of French Press from 1993 to 1996,[3] and the chief executive officer of Agence France-Presse from 1996 to 1999.

[1][4][5] Miot was a knight of the Legion of Honour and an officer of the Étoile Civique.