It is finally his right arm who will succeed him. Philippe Jost, deputy director of the public establishment in charge of the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, will take over from General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who died accidentally on August 18 in Ariège during a hike in the Pyrenees, a few days of his 75th birthday. the information was communicated to AFP by the Elysée, confirming information from Figaro.
“With the death of General Jean-Louis Georgelin, the Nation has lost one of its great soldiers. France, one of its great servants. And Notre-Dame, the master builder of its rebirth”, had greeted the Head of State during a ceremony at the Invalides.
“At the end of the year, we will see the arrow in the sky of Paris”, had welcomed General Georgelin less than a month before his death, on July 21, during the dress rehearsal for the assembly of the first floor. of the spire of the cathedral in Briey (Meurthe-et-Moselle). In the wake of the fire that ravaged this world-famous monument in April 2019, he was chosen to move forward with determination on the extremely complex site of its reconstruction.