Rémy Pautrat
French civil servant (1940–2025)
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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]
Rémy Pautrat | |
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| 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 |
| Died | 6 April 2025 (aged 85) Versailles, France |
| Education | École nationale d'administration |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Life and career
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
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (1994)[16]
- Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite (1998)[17]