Rémy Pautrat
Rémy Pautrat | |
|---|---|
| Prefect of Nord | |
| In office 6 May 1999 – July 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Alain Ohrel |
| Succeeded by | Jean Aribaud |
| Prefect of Calvados | |
| In office 10 April 1996 – 6 May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Gros |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Fournier |
| Prefect of Essonne | |
| In office 10 July 1991 – 3 March 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Louis Dufeigneux |
| Succeeded by | François Leblond |
| Director of the Direction de la surveillance du territoire | |
| In office 1 August 1985 – 9 April 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Yves Bonnet |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Gérard |
| Prefect of Hautes-Alpes | |
| In office 16 February 1984 – 6 August 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Blangy |
| Succeeded by | Lucien Kalfon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1940 Nevers, France |
| Died | 6 April 2025 (aged 85) Versailles, France |
| Education | École nationale d'administration |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Rémy Pautrat (13 February 1940 – 6 April 2025) was a French civil servant.[1] He served as Director of the Direction de la surveillance du territoire from 1985 to 1986 and was security advisor to Prime Minister Michel Rocard from 1988 to 1991.[2] He also served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Secretariat-General for National Defence and Security (SGDN) from 1994 to 1996.[3]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Nevers on 13 February 1940, Pautrat's father worked for SNCF. After attending secondary school in his hometown,[4] he studied law in Clermont-Ferrand and Paris.[5] From 1966 to 1969, he worked for the Ministry of Finance of Algeria.[5] In 1974, he graduated from the École nationale d'administration. He served as a sub-prefect in Manche and Yonne. On 16 February 1984, he was named Prefect of Hautes-Alpes. He served in this role until he was appointed Director of the Direction de la surveillance du territoire on 1 August 1986, a position he held until 9 April 1986.[5] In 1989, he helped advance reform to the Comité interministériel du renseignement.[6]
In 1994, Pautrat was named Deputy Secretary-General of the SGDN and established a committee for "competitiveness and economic security".[7] The committee set the groundwork for the Haut responsable chargé de l'intelligence économique, created in 2003.[3] In 2007, journalist Nicole Chevillard testified that Pautrat alleged Algerian Army support for Djamel Zitouni, perpetrator of the 1995 France bombings.[8] Five years prior, Pautrat had made similar allegations in an interview on Canal+.[9]
Pautrat served as Prefect of Calvados from 1996 to 1999 and was subsequently Prefect of Nord from 1999 to 2004. During this time, he organized a regional economic intelligence conference in Caen on 29 May 1997.[10] On 10 July 1998, he was a signatory of a convention "for the development of economic intelligence and the internationalization of small and medium enterprises in Lower Normandy" alongside President of the Regional Council of Lower Normandy René Garrec.[10] As Prefect of Nord, he created the Comité de développement de l'intelligence économique et stratégique (CDIES) with business leaders from the region and the Lille 2 University of Health and Law.[3] The CDIES employed 80 people in 2009.[11] In 2002, he was appointed chairman of the board of directors of the Agence de l'eau Artois-Picardie.[5] In 2004, he was named executive vice-president of the Agence pour la diffusion de l'information technologique.[5]
Upon his retirement, Pautrat sat on the Paris committee on video surveillance.[12] He also helped ensure the security of the 2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary.[13] In 2005, he had been a sponsor of the Economic Warfare School.[14]
Pautrat died in Versailles on 6 April 2025, at the age of 85.[15]
Distinctions
[edit]- Officer of the Legion of Honour (1994)[16]
- Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite (1998)[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Disparition du préfet Rémy Pautrat, ancien conseiller de Michel Rocard pour la sécurité". MichelRocard.org (in French).
- ^ Allili, Selim; Riedel, Marc (30 August 2017). "Entretien avec Remy Pautrat". Observatoire Français des Think Tanks (in French). Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Actualités > Préfet Rémy PAUTRAT : Lauréat du Prix Spécial du 10e anniversaire de l'Académie". IE-News (in French). Archived from the original on 6 May 2006.
- ^ "Rémy Pautrat, parrain de promotion 2005". Economic Warfare School (in French). Archived from the original on 15 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "PAUTRAT (Rémy, Raymond)". Société française d'histoire de la police (in French).
- ^ "Décret n°89-258 du 20 avril 1989 fixant la composition et les attributions du comité interministériel du renseignement". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 24 April 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Régime algérien, 1995 : la réédition de l'étude capitale de Nicole Chevillard". Algeria-Watch (in French). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ Servenay, David (22 October 2007). "Attentats de 1995 : la piste des généraux algériens". Rue89 (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ Aggoun, L.; Rivoire, J.B. (2004). Françalgérie, crimes et mensonges d'États (in French). Paris: La découverte.
- ^ a b "Repères chronologiques sur l'intelligence économique". clairebridge.com (in French).
- ^ "Intelligence économique : l'ancien préfet Rémy Pautrat revient dans le Nord". Nord éclair (in French). 20 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Un comité d'éthique pour faire passer la pilule". Souriez vous êtes filmé es (in French). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Le PS nomme les membres d'une Haute autorité en vue des primaires pour 2012". Libération (in French). 2 February 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Les parrains de promotion". Economic Warfare School (in French). Archived from the original on 8 November 2021.
- ^ Peyron, Jules (15 April 2025). "Préfet du Calvados à la fin des années 1990, Rémy Pautrat est mort". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Décret du 13 juillet 1994 portant promotion et nomination". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 14 July 1994. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Décret du 10 novembre 1998 portant promotion et nomination". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 15 November 1998. Retrieved 17 April 2025.