Thierry Lataste

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Thierry Lataste, born on January 31, 1954 at Talence, Gironde Department,[1] is a senior French civil servant.

From the January 5, 2015 to June 15, 2016, he was the personal representative of the Co-Prince of Andorra.[2]

Biography[]

Youth and training[]

Thierry Lataste is a graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris in 1978,[3] a former student of the École normale supérieure[4] and of the École nationale d'administration (ENA or transl. National School of Administration) in 1982.[5]

Career[]

When he left the ENA in June 1982, Lataste was named civil administrator 2nd class of the Ministry of Interior and Decentralization.[5] In September, he became sub-prefect, director of the cabinet of the Commissioner of the Republic of Vaucluse.[6] In October 1983, he was appointed sub-prefect outside the framework and became director of Pierre Mauroy's cabinet in Lille. In 1985, he became secretary general of the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres.[1] He was reinstated as a civil administrator and became secretary general of New Caledonia. He stayed there for three years, and in October 1994 became sub-prefect of Senlis. He was Chief of Staff to Secretary of State for Overseas Jean-Jack Queyranne from 1997 to 2000. At the end of this year, he becomes Prefect, Government Delegate, High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia.[7] In 2002, he became the prefect of Savoie, then two years later, prefect of Pyrénées-Orientales. He later became prefect of Vendée, and prefect of Saône-et-Loire.[8][9]

In July 2012, he became the prefect of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, prefect of Hérault.[10]

On December 19, 2012, he was appointed chief of staff to the Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls.[11]

In January 3, 2015, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic François Hollande and personal representative of the President of the Republic as Co-Prince in Andorra, replacing Sylvie Hubac as of January 5, 2015.[9] He was assisted by Constance Rivière.[12]

He performed this function until May 25, 2016, date on which he was appointed High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia[13] with the charge of organizing the 2018 referendum on the independence of New Caledonia.[14][15] On June 15, 2016, he was replaced by Jean-Pierre Hugues, a retired prefect.[16]

New Caledonia[]

As chief of staff to Secretary of State for Overseas Jean-Jack Queyranne from 1997 to 2000, Thierry Lataste negotiated with New Caledonians following the Matignon agreements of 1988, he was one of the main negotiators of the Nouméa Accord that he signs the May 5, 1998 as representative of the Secretary of State for Overseas.[17] From July 1999 until 2002, he was appointed the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia.[18]

Significant actions[]

As the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, he was especially confronted with the violent clashes which from December 2001 opposed certain Kanak inhabitants of the Saint-Louis tribe to members of the Wallisian and Futunian community.[19]

Distinctions[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Andorra". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  3. ^ "Sciences Po Alumni". sciencespo-alumni.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  4. ^ "L'annuaire | a-Ulm". www.archicubes.ens.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "M. Thierry LATASTE - Préfet hors classe - Biographie mise à jour le 19 novembre 2020 - LesBiographies.com" [Mr. Thierry Lataste - Biography updated on November 19, 2020 - LesBiographies.com]. www.lesbiographies.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  6. ^ "Thierry Lataste". Les Echos (in French). 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  7. ^ "Le congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [The Congress of New Caledonia]. Congrès (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  8. ^ "Thierry Lataste nommé directeur de cabinet du Président de la République" [Thierry Lataste appointed Chief of Staff to the President of the Republic]. Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Elysée : Sylvie Hubac s'en va, Thierry Lataste arrive". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  10. ^ "Préfets de la région Languedoc-Roussillon, Préfets de l'Hérault depuis 1800" [Prefects of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, Prefects of Hérault since 1800]. www.herault.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  11. ^ "Thierry Lataste - Who's Who". www.whoswho.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  12. ^ "Thierry Lataste nommé directeur de cabinet, en janvier" [Thierry Lataste appointed chief of staff, in January]. Ouest France (in French). December 19, 2014.
  13. ^ "New French High Commissioner installed in New Caledonia". RNZ. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  14. ^ "Political structure". country.eiu.com. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
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  16. ^ "Jean-Pierre Hugues à la tête du cabinet de Hollande". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  17. ^ Cazaumayou, Jérôme; de Dekker, Thomas (1999). GABRIEL PAÏTA, TÉMOIGNAGE KANAK D'Opao au pays de la Nouvelle-Calédonie [GABRIEL PAÏTA, TESTIMONY KANAK From Opao to the land of New Caledonia] (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. p. 217. ISBN 9782296394544.
  18. ^ "Le directeur de cabinet de François Hollande nommé Haut-commissaire de la République en Nouvelle-Calédonie". Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  19. ^ "NEW APPEAL FOR CALM IN NEW CALEDONIA | Pacific Islands Report". www.pireport.org. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  20. ^ "Décret du 2 mai 2017 portant promotion et nomination". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  21. ^ "Décret du 30 janvier 2008 portant promotion et nomination". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
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