Overview

• Nuñez succeeds Bruno Retailleau and leaves the Paris police prefecture, where he served since 2022.
• The 61-year-old previously led the DGSI, coordinated national counterterrorism, and served as secretary of state at the Interior from 2018 to 2020.
• His stewardship of security for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics earned him promotion to commandeur of the Légion d'honneur and praise from Emmanuel Macron.
• Police unions welcomed the choice as stabilizing and pragmatic, while pressing urgent needs on narcotrafficking, the persistent terror threat, and investigative resources.
• As Paris police chief he handled pension reform protests and the post-Nahel riots and faced criticism over security at the agriculture fair and after PSG’s Champions League win.