Macron Names New Louvre Boss Months After Jewel Heist

French President Emmanuel Macron named an art historian with extensive experience managing cultural institutions as the new head of the Louvre months after jewel thieves struck the Paris museum in a brazen heist.

Christophe Leribault, 62, who has run the gilded Château de Versailles for the last two years, takes over in a “context of crisis” and is tasked with boosting safety and modernizing the site to restore confidence, the Culture Ministry said on Wednesday.