Jean-François Ricard

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Jean-François Ricard
Born (1956-07-14) July 14, 1956 (age 65)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
NationalityFrench
TitleHead of the French National Terrorism Prosecution Office (Parquet National Anti-Terroriste; PNAT)

Jean-François Ricard (born 14 July 1956) is a French magistrate, and since 25 June 2019 the first prosecutor of the National Terrorism Prosecution Office ( [fr]; PNAT) a parquet for the prosecution of terrorism in France.[1][2]

Career[]

Early years[]

Ricard was born in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), France.[3][1][4] He began his career in December 1982 as a judge in Arras (Pas-de-Calais).[5][1][6] He then was a judge in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis), beginning in December 1986, before joining the judiciary in Paris.[1][7][8]

He was an investigating judge in charge of terrorism cases for 12 years. With Jean-Louis Bruguière, Ricard was in charge of the file of the 1996 Paris RER bombing on the Réseau Express Régional in Saint-Michel.[7][9][5] Ricard left his role as an investigating judge in 2006.[10]

From 2006 to 2008 Ricard was seconded to the Ministry of Armed Forces, where he led a team as head of the military criminal affairs division.[10]

Between 2009 and 2015, he was general counsel at the Court of Appeal of Paris. Ricard requested the trial of the terrorist Carlos the Jackal in 2013.[10]

Beginning in 2015, Ricard was adviser to the criminal chamber of the French Court of Cassation.[2][11]

French National Terrorism Prosecution Office[]

He advocated for the creation of a French national anti-terrorism prosecution along with Magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguière, Michel Debacq (former head of the specialized section of the Paris prosecutor's office), and  [fr] (former chief of staff of Christiane Taubira and Élisabeth Guigou).[7]

After the receipt of the opinion of France's Superior Council of the Judiciary ( [fr]; CSM) at its meeting of 21 May 2019, the 62-year-old Ricard was appointed General Counsel at the Court of Cassation to exercise the function of anti-terrorism public prosecutor at the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, heading a new National Terrorism Prosecution Office ( [fr]; PNAT), beginning on 25 June 2019.[2] He leads a team of 25 magistrates.[10] His reputation among his colleagues was that he is uncompromising and perfectionist.[2] Magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguière said: "He is a very good magistrate with [a] good understanding on major cases of radical Islamism. A hard worker and very meticulous, he knew the files by heart."[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Annuaire rétrospectif de la magistrature XIXe-XXe siècles". annuaire-magistrature.fr. June 12, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Décret du 25 juin 2019 portant nomination (magistrature) - M. RICARD (Jean-François) - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr.
  3. ^ Tourancheau, Patricia (August 24, 1995). "Chargé de l'enquête sur l'attentat de la station du RER Saint-Michel, JEAN-FRANÇOIS RICARD est entré dans le cénacle des juges antiterroristes le 1er janvier. Aux côtés du "père" Jean-Louis Bruguière. Le juge et l'attentat est entré dans le cénacle des juges antiterroristes le 1er janvier. Aux côtés du père Jean-Louis Bruguière". Libération.fr.
  4. ^ Sandrine Briclot (October 23, 2020). "Qui est Jean-François Ricard, patron du Parquet national antiterroriste". leparisien.fr.
  5. ^ a b Timothée Boutry et Jean-Michel Décugis (July 11, 2019). "Jean-François Ricard, un fin connaisseur de l'islamisme radical à la tête du parquet national antiterroriste". leparisien.fr.
  6. ^ "Jean-Francois Ricard, le nouveau visage de l'antiterrorisme français". 20minutes.fr.
  7. ^ a b c Devin, Willy Le; Brafman, Julie (May 23, 2019). "Avec Jean-François Ricard, l'antiterrorisme met le parquet". Libération.fr.
  8. ^ "Jean-François Ricard, des attentats de 1995 au nouveau parquet antiterroriste". www.la-croix.com. June 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "Jean-François Ricard à la tête du Parquet national antiterroriste". justice.gouv.fr. July 4, 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d e Francois Koch (May 7, 2019). "Jean-François Ricard, nouveau visage de l'antiterrorisme". LExpress.fr.
  11. ^ "Un expert du terrorisme à la tête du Parquet national anti-terroriste". www.magazine-decideurs.com.
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