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Energy giant appoints new CEO amid controversy
French energy giant Areva appointed Luc Oursel as chief executive Thursday to replace the popular "Atomic Anne" Lauvergeon, whose ten-year term at the top of state-owned company was not extended, allegedly in line with President Sarkozy's wishes.
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AFP - French nuclear group Areva on Thursday officially appointed Luc Oursel as chief executive to replace Anne Lauvergeon after her term ended, the state-owned company said in a statement.
Areva's supervisory board named Oursel, who had served as a deputy to Lauvergeon, as chairman of the executive board.
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The French state holds about 90 percent of Areva, and Oursel's replacement of Lauvergeon had been announced by the government two weeks ago, ending a long period of uncertainty over who would lead one of the world's largest nuclear energy companies.
Lauvergeon's supporters had been pressing her case for another term at Areva but it was widely believed that French President Nicolas Sarkozy did not want her to continue in the post.
"The group’s Supervisory Board thanks Anne Lauvergeon very warmly for the work she accomplished over the past 10 years to turn Areva into a global leader in nuclear power and carbon-free energies," the company said in a statement.
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The new leader for the changes that continue to occur
New CEO to lead the French Nuclear Agency is the appropriate action, meaning that in order to provide a new atmosphere to the problem of Nuclear Energy which has been problematic due to leakage of Japan's nuclear reactors due to earthquake-tsunami that accompanied the recent
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New Areva CEO
Nothing against the new man, but if his predecessor Atomic Anne was doing the job satisfactory then she should have been allowed to continue - unless there was another candidate who was considered to be better at the job than her. For President Sarkozy to stick his oar in and getting his way shows that this was a political appointment and not necessarily the best person for the job appointment.
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