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Pascal Prache Tapped to Lead France’s Financial Prosecutor as Bohnert Moves to Versailles Post

The appointment awaits a consultative opinion from the Superior Council of the Judiciary.

Pascal Prache, alors procureur de Nanterre,le 7 mars 2024 à Nanterre, dans les Hauts-de-Seine
Pascal Prache, l’actuel directeur des services judiciaires va être nommé à la tête du parquet national financier (PNF) a-t-on appris le lundi 13 octobre 2025.

Overview

  • Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin proposed the nominations and President Emmanuel Macron accepted them, pending the non‑binding view of the CSM.
  • Jean‑François Bohnert is set to become prosecutor general at the Versailles Court of Appeal after leading the PNF since 2019.
  • Prache currently directs judicial services, appointed in October 2024, and previously served as public prosecutor in Nanterre, Rouen and Agen, with earlier posts as an investigating judge and at the DACG.
  • The PNF counts 20 prosecutors and 9 specialized assistants and is under close scrutiny following Nicolas Sarkozy’s recent conviction, with Bohnert due to notify him on Monday of incarceration terms.
  • Created after the Cahuzac scandal in 2014, the PNF has used CJIPs in major cases, including a €2.1 billion Airbus settlement in 2020, with Bohnert citing €12 billion recovered for the state as of 2023.