Le Parisien and the Journal Officiel report that Bruno Genevois has been appointed to take the place of Pierre Bordry as the president of the Agence Francaise de Lutte contra le Dopage (AFLD).
The 68 year old jurist has specialized in public law throughout his long tenure as a French official. Genevois has worked as a government commissioner, at the Ministry of the Interior, as the general secretary of the Constitutional Council, as well as being the author of many "articles, notes, and legal conclusions," according to Wikipedia.
His accomplishments over a lengthy career, which started over forty years ago, have resulted in him being recognized as a Commander of the Legion of Honor, a Knight of the Order of Academic Palms, as well as the honor of the National Order of Merit.
Genevois will take over Bordry's position as head of France's anti-doping agency and will look to pick up the thankless banner where a frustrated Bordry left it following a five year tenure with the AFLD.
Bordry's term as head of France's anti-doping organization was anything but a smooth one, but the hard-nosed Frenchman was never one to stand down, especially to the UCI. After half a decade though, it appears that Bordry had had enough.
"Normally my term would end in July, but I will leave the Agency as soon as my successor can be named," said the outgoing president to AFP on September 24th.
Bordry's reasons for leaving were many, but chief among them was a conviction that his agency was fighting a battle that could not be won.
"This year, the budget does not provide for sustainable resources for the agency when it needs additional funds because the list of undetectable products is growing, and doping is much more widespread than we think," said Bordry in a conversation with French paper, LeMonde. "This makes me believe that there is no political will to support the fight against doping."