Maurice Ligot (9 December 1927 – 29 October 2022) was a French civil administrator and politician. He served in the

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from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 2002 in

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. He was

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of Cholet from 1965 to 1995 and served as from 1976 to 1978. In 1988, he co-founded the ''Fédération des maires des villes moyennes'' alongside Jean Auroux, which became the ' in 2014.

Biography

Youth and education

Maurice was the son of Maurice Alexandre Ligot and Madeleine Rousseau. He studied at

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and the École nationale d'administration.

Career

Ligot began working for the Secretary-General for African and Malagasy Affairs,

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, one of the closest advisors of

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. He was subsequently chief of staff for

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Roger Frey. With the exception of an appointment by President

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as Secretary of State of Civil Service from 1976 to 1978, he was a deputy of the National Assembly from 1973 to 2002. At the end of the 19th Century, Célestin Port noted that the commune of Cholet did not have a museum or a library. This did not change until Ligot's mayorship, with a permanent library opening in 1984 and the opening in 1993. Additionally, a new town hall was opened in 1976 and a new hospice opened the following year.

Death

Maurice Ligot died in Cholet on 29 October 2022, at the age of 94.

Publications

*''Les accords de coopération entre la France et les États africains et malgache d'expression française'' (1964) *''Un territoire, une passion'' (1993) *''1965-1995, l'audace d'une ville : Cholet'' (1995) *'' Contributions parlementaires pour l'élargissement de l'Union européenne : Chypre, Lituanie et Turquie : Rapport d'information de l'Assemblée nationale'' (2002) *''Osez entreprendre'' (2003) *''Un maire, une ville'' (2015) *''Édouard Corniglion-Molinier, un paladin au xxe siècle'' (2019)

References

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