Pierre Chassigneux

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Pierre Chassigneux
President of the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France
In office
2003–2011
Preceded byPierre Chantereau
Succeeded byAlain Minc
Director of the Office of the President of the French Republic [fr]
In office
2 July 1992 – 19 May 1995
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Preceded byGilles Ménage [fr]
Succeeded byBertrand Landrieu
Prefect of Gironde [fr]
In office
21 December 1988 – 1 July 1992
Preceded byThierry Kaeppelin
Succeeded byBernard Landouzy
Prefect of Oise [fr]
In office
2 May 1986 – 21 December 1988
Preceded byLouis Morel
Succeeded byAlain Bidou
Director of the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux
In office
16 November 1983 – 2 May 1986
Preceded byPaul Roux
Succeeded byPhilippe Massoni
Prefect of Nièvre [fr]
In office
13 April 1982 – 16 November 1983
Preceded byVictor Béreaux
Succeeded byMohamed Bengaouer
Personal details
Born
Pierre Claude Georges Chassigneux

(1941-12-25)25 December 1941
Neuilly-sur-Marne, German-occupied France
Died22 January 2024(2024-01-22) (aged 82)
EducationLycée Louis-le-Grand
École nationale d'administration
Sciences Po
Faculty of Law of Paris
OccupationBusinessman
Government official

Pierre Claude Georges Chassigneux (25 December 1941 – 22 January 2024) was a French businessman and government official.[1]

Biography

Born in

Ministry of the Interior in 1969 and became chief of staff to Prefect of Tarn [fr]Bernard Couzier.[2]

Chassigneux was appointed secretary-general of Orne in 1976 and then Manche the following year. He became deputy chief of staff to Prefect of Police Pierre Somveille [fr] in 1980. He served as Prefect of Nièvre [fr] from 1982 to 1983, directed the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux from 1983 to 1986, served as Prefect of Oise [fr] from 1986 to 1988, and was Prefect of Gironde [fr] from 1988 to 1992. From 1992 to 1995, he was Director of the Office of the President of the French Republic [fr] under François Mitterrand.[2]

After Mitterrand left the Élysée Palace in 1995, Chassigneux served as president of the Association technique de l'importation charbonnière until 2001. There, he supervised the privatization of the Compagnie française de navigation rhénane [fr]. He joined the board of directors of Aéroports de Paris the day after the September 11 attacks with the objective of strengthening airport security.[3] In 2003, he became president of the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF), succeeding Pierre Chantereau. He was also vice-president of the Association des sociétés françaises d'autoroutes et d'ouvrages à péages and treasurer of the Institut François-Mitterrand [fr].[2] In 2007, he became president of Taxis bleus, owned by his old acquaintance André Rousselet.[4] In December 2011, he ended his mandate as president of SANEF.[5] As president of Taxis bleus, he fought against the rise of the vehicle for hire industry during the 2010s.[6]

Pierre Chassigneux died on 22 January 2024, at the age of 82.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Monsieur Pierre Chassigneux". Ouest-France (in French). 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "CHASSIGNEUX (Pierre, Claude, Georges)". Société française d'histoire de la police (in French).
  3. ^ Verdo, Yann (17 October 2003). "Pierre Chassigneux". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  4. L'Obs
    (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Pierre Chassigneux". Les Echos (in French). 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  6. ^ Chassigneux, Pierre (5 February 2016). "Taxis, VTC, LOTI : peut-on sortir enfin de la jungle ?". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Pierre CHASSIGNEUX". Le Figaro (in French). 27 January 2024.
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