title: Jean-Luc Martinez
text: # Jean-Luc Martinez
  
  Jean-Luc Martinez (born 22 March 1964) is the former president of the Louvre. In May 2022 French police charged him with crimes including fraud and money laundering related to antiquities trafficking.
  
  Martinez began working at the Louvre in 1997 as a curator. He was the president of the Louvre from 2013 to 2022, and before that, the director of the museum’s Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art departments.
  
  ## Decorations
  
  * Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (2015)
  