Bertrand Landrieu (9 February 1945 – 7 December 2019) was a
French
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politician and prefect.
Biography
Landrieu was the son of a doctor. After obtaining a master's degree in public law, he attended
Sciences Po
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, and then the
École Nationale d'Administration. He first got a job as an administrator at the
French Ministry of the Interior.
Landrieu spent most of his career as a prefect, after spending the early part of his career as a cabinet minister.
In 1971, he became prefect of
Sarthe, and in 1973 joined the
Ministry of Agriculture. From 1974 to 1977, Landrieu served as subprefect of
Ussel.
A close friend of
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma ...
, Landrieu served as Chirac's chief of staff from 1995 to 2002. Simultaneously, he was President of the
National Forests Office. Then, in July 2002, he was appointed prefect of
ÃŽle-de-France and
Paris. In this time, he was also President of
Île-de-France Mobilités.
After Landrieu retired from his life as a prefect, he served on Chirac's staff until March 2012, when he retired from public life.
Landrieu helped with
François Fillon's campaign in
Paris's 2nd constituency
The 2nd constituency of Paris ( French: ''Deuxième circonscription de Paris'') is a French legislative constituency in the department of Paris. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one member of the National Assembly using the tw ...
.
Bertrand Landrieu died on 7 December 2019.
References
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1945 births
2019 deaths
Politicians from Paris
Prefects of Sarthe
Prefects of Haute-Vienne
Prefects of Manche
20th-century French politicians