Denis Rapone

A graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and holder of a law degree, Denis Rapone began his career as a magistrate as deputy state prosecutor at the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Meaux, before joining the Ministry of Justice as a magistrate in the Criminal Affairs and Pardons Department. He then joined the General Secretariat of the Government, where he was successively project manager and head of the legislative department, before being appointed technical advisor to the cabinet of Jacques Toubon - then Minister of Justice (1995). He joined the Conseil d'État (1996), before being appointed advisor to the Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2002).

Director General of the French Superior Audiovisual Council (2004), he was then appointed member of the college of the Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (Arcep) (2007). At the end of his term at Arcep, he returned to the Conseil d'État (2013), where he was assigned as rapporteur, first to the Litigation Section and the Public Works Section, then to the Interior Section. Appointed a member of the college of the Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet (Hadopi) in 2014 for a six-year term, he was elected by the members of this college as president of Hadopi on March 1, 2018. In January 2021, at the end of his term of office, he returned to the Conseil d'État, where he was assigned to the interior section.

At the same time, he taught at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and the University of Paris-V.

Denis Rapone chairs Arcom's "Protection of rights on the Internet" working group. He is also vice-chairman of the "Pluralisme et déontologie de l'information et des programmes" working group.

• Institut d'études politiques de Paris (1978)
• Law degree from Panthéon-Assas Faculty of Law (1981)
• École nationale de la magistrature (1982)

In the judiciary

• Deputy State Prosecutor at the Meaux Regional Court (1984-1986)
• Magistrate, Criminal Affairs and Pardons Department, Ministry of Justice (1986-1987)

On secondment from the judiciary

• Chargé de mission at the General Secretariat of the Government (1987-1993)
• Head of the Legislative Department, General Secretariat of the Government (1993-1995)
• Technical advisor to the Cabinet of the Minister of Justice (1995-1996)

Council of State

• Maître des requêtes (1996): rapporteur to the Litigation Section and the Interior Section (1996-2002)
• Conseiller d'État (2008) :

- rapporteur to the Litigation Section, the Public Works Section and the Interior Section (2013-2018)

- Rapporteur to the Interior Section (2021)

On secondment from the Conseil d'État

• Advisor to the Prime Minister's Office (2002-2004)
• Director General of the French Superior Audiovisual Council [French Superior Audiovisual Council] (2004-2007)
• Member of the College of the French Electronic Communications and Posts Regulation Authority [ARCEP] (2007-2013)
• Chairman, Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur internet [Hadopi] (2018-2021)

Other positions held

• Lecturer at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (1988-1992 and 1996-2000)
• Rapporteur for the Commission de déontologie de la fonction publique de l'Etat (1997-2002)
• Member of the Orientation Council of the Interministerial Mission to fight agains sects (1998-2002)
• Chairman, Fonds de soutien à l'expression radiophonique (1999-2002)
• Member of the supreme authority for the diffusion of works and protection of intellectual property on internet [Hadopi] (2014-2018)
• Member of the dispute settlement and legal sanctions committee of the Commission de régulation de l'énergie [CRE] (2016-2018)
• Chairman of the social insurance section of the Conseil national de l'ordre des infirmiers [National Council of the Order of Nurses] (2015-2018)
• Section chairman, Commission centrale d'aide sociale (2015-2018)
• President of the national disciplinary chamber of the order of midwives (2017-2018)

• Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honor
• Officer of the National Order of Merit
• Chevalier des Arts et Lettres
• Chevalier des Palmes académiques