{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["france-94f50bcbf33c4f"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":["src-3b9ec7f9ebbc0c1d"],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/emmanuel-jacquin-de-margerie-4b858b58dc/","countrySlug":"france","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/emmanuel-jacquin-de-margerie-4b858b58dc/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie entered the foreign ministry in 1951 after the École nationale d'administration. He served in London, Moscow, Tokyo, and Washington, then directed European affairs in Paris. Between 1975 and 1977 he led France's national museums before becoming ambassador in Madrid and, in 1981, London.","His commitment to museums continued alongside diplomacy. When the Société des Amis du Musée d'Orsay was founded in April 1980, Margerie became its president. The association supported the future museum through purchases and gifts of art before the museum opened to the public in 1986.","As ambassador in Washington, he participated in the cultural diplomacy surrounding the Statue of Liberty's centenary. He presented a crystal model of the statue to Ronald Reagan on 6 February 1986, with actress Catherine Deneuve also present."],"id":"france:emmanuel jacquin de margerie","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-4b858b58dcc9fc52687f.html","name":"Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["src-margerie-lemonde1981"],["src-2e73b11c152eb84a"],["src-3b9ec7f9ebbc0c1d"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-4b858b58dcc9fc52687f.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"3bb701c1c4a3ada4","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1981-01-08","id":"src-margerie-lemonde1981","locator":"M. Emmanuel de Margerie en Grande-Bretagne, first biographical paragraph","publisher":"Le Monde","title":"Nomination de six ambassadeurs","type":"contemporary-report","url":"https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1981/01/08/nomination-de-six-ambassadeurs_2717622_1819218.html"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"src-2e73b11c152eb84a","locator":"Timeline entries for 1 April 1980, September 1980, 1986, 1990","publisher":"Société des Amis des Musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie","title":"Qui sommes-nous? Notre histoire","type":"institutional-history","url":"https://amis-musee-orsay.org/a-propos/a-propos/qui-sommes-nous/"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1986-02-06","id":"src-3b9ec7f9ebbc0c1d","locator":"Video catalogue WHTV 268, control number 06270-6T-W141-268","publisher":"Ronald Reagan Presidential Library","title":"Meeting with French Ambassador: Emmanuel de Margerie presents crystal Statue of Liberty","type":"archive","url":"https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/video/meeting-french-ambassador-president-reagan-meeting-ambassador-emmanuel-de-margerie"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2014-09-03; page report date; contains 2014-09-18 entry; accessed 20 October 2026","id":"mission-c0a410adaf2688f3b956","locator":"Complete published ambassador sequence from 1893 through Gérard Araud; separate Appt. and Amb. E. and P. dates; 1942 relations break and 1944 resumption","publisher":"","title":"Diplomatic Representation for French Republic","type":"Mission record","url":"https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/95681.htm"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2026-10-20; retrieved; accessed 20 October 2026","id":"mission-9401ad1e545da739a387","locator":"Cross-check of name forms and broad appointment/end years — Year ranges can differ from U.S. accreditation dates; neither exact start nor end dates inferred.","publisher":"","title":"Ambassade de France aux États-Unis — Ambassadeurs","type":"Mission record","url":"https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassade_de_France_aux_%C3%89tats-Unis"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-d71e6086de03912ddbf5","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"Ronald Reagan Presidential Library artifact record: crystal Statue of Liberty presented on 6 February 1986","type":"Mission record","url":"https://reagan.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/23626/verreries-brosse-statue-of-liberty"}],"topics":["Museum administration","Cultural diplomacy","Statue of Liberty"]},"schemaVersion":1}