DIJON: Jean-Philippe Morel awarded the National Order of Merit
The lawyer and politician from Dijon was named Chevalier in the National Order of Merit.
On the proposal of the Minister of the Interior, Maître Jean-Philippe Morel was appointed by decree of June 20, 2022 to the rank of Knight in the National Order of Merit.
A lawyer by profession, the Dijonnais has been dealing with cases of attacks on members of the internal security forces or soldiers in the exercise of their functions for twenty years.
Thus, he regularly defends the national professional association of military Gendarmes & Citizens. In particular, he represented in March 2021 the association Stopping the looting of archaeological heritage (HAPPAH), a civil party to the trial for the ransacking of the Arc de Triomphe during a demonstration of yellow vests.
Committed to politics, Jean-Philippe Morel chairs the departmental federation of Côte-d’Or of the Radical Party. Municipal councilor of opposition to Longvic for several years, he was elected in Dijon in 2020 and has since participated in the majority of the socialist François Rebsamen. In the Métropole, Jean-Philippe Morel chairs the inter-municipal safety commission.
Among the personalities of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté promoted during this spring promotion of the National Order of Merit, we find in particular Marie-Guite Dufay (PS), president of the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, appointed commander, the Doctor Jean-François Dodet (LR), mayor of Saint-Apollinaire, appointed knight, and Véronique Court, director of the National School of transplants in Dijon, appointed knight.
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