# Le Monde founder

entity: /record/le-monde.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/le-monde/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Le Monde's founder on the AsOf record is Hubert Beuve-Méry, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (europe1.fr and larousse.fr). The record holds 1 claim on Le Monde's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Le Monde](/record/le-monde.md) | founder | Hubert Beuve-Méry | valid undated to present | conf 0.60 | valid | [clm_3C3AC582F3C5](/claim/clm_3C3AC582F3C5.md)
  sources: https://www.europe1.fr/emissions/Aujourd-hui-dans-l-Histoire/11-decembre-1944-la-fondation-du-quotidien-le-monde-693425, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12461, https://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/personnage/Hubert_Beuve-M%C3%A9ry/108747

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Le Monde](/record/le-monde.md) | founder | Hubert Beuve-Méry | valid undated to present | conf 0.60 | valid | [clm_3C3AC582F3C5](/claim/clm_3C3AC582F3C5.md)
  sources: https://www.europe1.fr/emissions/Aujourd-hui-dans-l-Histoire/11-decembre-1944-la-fondation-du-quotidien-le-monde-693425, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12461, https://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/personnage/Hubert_Beuve-M%C3%A9ry/108747

## Questions this record answers

### What is Le Monde's current founder?

Hubert Beuve-Méry, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (europe1.fr and larousse.fr). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.60).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/le-monde/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/le-monde?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "le-monde", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/le-monde/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/le-monde.md · timeline: /timelines/le-monde.md

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