Maurice Grimaud

Maurice Grimaud , born the November 11th 1913 with Annonay (Ardeche), is a French high-civil servant. He was in particular prefect of police of Paris at the time of the events of May 1968.

Career

With an arts degree out of pocket, it integrates the public office as attache into the general residence of the Morocco, of 1938 to 1943, then with the police station with l Interior with Algiers, of 1943 to 1944.

He is then principal private secretary of French general l administrator in Germany, of 1945 to 1947, adviser of international l Organization of Refugees (OIR) with Geneva, in 1948 and 1949, acting general for France, in 1950 and 1951, and director of l Information to the general residence of France to the Morocco, of 1951 to 1954.

Returned to France, it becomes technical in January 1955 adviser with the cabinet of François Mitterrand, then minister of l Interior. A few months later it is named prefect of the Moors, then of the Savoy (in 1957), where it took part in the Steering Committee of the festivals of the Centenary of the Fastening of Savoy]] in France , and of the Loire (in 1961).

He is managing director of the National security in 1963, before becoming prefect of police of Paris in 1967. Succeeding Maurice Papon at this station, it makes very to avoid a blood bath at the time of the demonstrations of May 1968: “ Frapper a fallen demonstrator with ground is to strike oneself while appearing under one day which reaches all the police function ” (speech with the police force of May 29th, 1968). He told this period disturbed in his book In May, do what he you like .

He is named general secretary with l´ Civil aviation in 1971, station which he will leave in 1975 to integrate the private one.

He returns to the high public office in May 1981, while becoming the principal private secretary of Gaston Defferre, minister d´Etat, Minister for l Interior and Decentralization. There will remain Beauvau place with Pierre Joxe, in the capacity as adviser near the minister.

Its last station will be acting general of the Médiateur of the Republic, of 1986 to 1992.

Distinctions

Commander of the Legion of honor,

Commander of l´ National order of the Merit,

Commander of the Arts and Lettres,

Aeronautical medal of l´ .

Works

  • In May, this qu´il likes you , Stock, 1977.
  • I make was not born in May 68. Memories and notebooks 1934-1992 , Tallandier, 2007.

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