The former president of the supervisory board of the New Republic (NR), Jacques Saint-Cricq, died on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, we learned Thursday from the direction of the newspaper.
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Born April 14, 1935, Jacques Saint-Cricq "
spent 51 years at the NR, where he had succeeded his father-in-law
", Jean Meunier, then mayor of Tours and one of the two founders of the title at the Liberation, we recalled from the same source.
Jacques Saint-Cricq had also chaired the National Union of the regional daily press from 1988 to 1997.
"It's natural to stop one day"
He gave up the presidency of the Supervisory Board of the New Republic in 2018, at the age of 83.
"
It's natural to stop one day,
" he explained in a daily interview.
"
We must not wait for the moment when witnesses tell you: it is time for you to get out.
Better to do it gently,
”he assured in the same interview.
"
He is someone who has invested a lot in the regional press
", was stressed to the management of the New Republic.
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A graduate of the École des Mines de Paris, Jacques Saint-Cricq joined the newspaper in 1967, as technical director.
When Jean Meunier died in 1975, he became Chairman of the Management Board.
In 2004, he retired, and his son, Olivier, replaced him.
Jacques Saint-Cricq then became chairman of the supervisory board, a position he held until 2018. Taking over the chairmanship of the supervisory board, “it
was a way of consolidating Olivier's trajectory and bringing with me forty years of experience and experience,
”he said when he left this post.
Besides his son, Olivier, Jacques Saint-Cricq was also the father of Nathalie Saint-Cricq, political journalist at France 2.
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