00:01The home of the Mona Lisa has a new leader. Art historian Christophe Leribaud has been appointed to head the
00:08Louvre,
00:09stepping in at a moment of crisis for the world's largest museum.
00:13The announcement was made Wednesday by French government spokeswoman Maud Bréjean,
00:18a day after outgoing director Norris Descartes resigned.
00:22Descartes had faced mounting pressure following a brazen heist in October
00:27when thieves stole French crown jewels worth €88 million, about $102 million, in less than eight minutes.
00:35The weekend operation stunned visitors, exposed serious security flaws
00:40and left one of France's most symbolically charged collections in criminal hands.
00:46Several suspects have been arrested, but the stolen jewels remain missing.
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