00:00In France, a rector of an academy, feminized as rectrice, is a senior civil servant responsible for an academy, and in some cases
00:06of an academic region, an administrative district specific to national education and higher education.
00:11The position of rector was established by the decree of Napoleon I of March 17, 1808, 3, which provides
00:17composition in the academy of the imperial university.
00:20This decree follows the law of May 10, 1806, which stipulated in its first article. It will be formed
00:26under the name of Imperial University, a body charged exclusively with teaching and public education throughout
00:31the Empire, thus creating a "French exception".
00:34Rectors are appointed by decree of the President of the Republic in the Council of Ministers. They serve within their respective academies.
00:40the missions relating to the content and organization of educational action and represent the minister in charge of the
00:45'national education within the academy and the departments that constitute it.
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