Background
LIGOT, Dr. Maurice Guillaume Edmond was born on December 9, 1927 in Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France. Parents: Maurice Ligot and Madeleine Ligot (née Rousseau).
LIGOT, Dr. Maurice Guillaume Edmond was born on December 9, 1927 in Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France. Parents: Maurice Ligot and Madeleine Ligot (née Rousseau).
Saint-Maurille Day School, Anger. Faculties of Letters and Law, Paris. Doctor of Law; Diploma of the Paris Political Studies Institute.
Ecole Normale d’Administration.
Head of Prefect’s Office, Aisne, 1952. Civil Administrator, Ministry of the Interior, 1956. Sub-Prefect seconded by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, 1958.
Head of Mission to the Presidency of the Community, 1959, then to the Presidential Secretariat for the Community and African and Malagasy Affairs, 1961. Head of Office in charge of Parliamentary Press Relations for the Minister of the Interior, 196467. Civil Administrator, Ministry of Industry, since 1967.
Head of Regional Industrial and Scientific Development Division, since 1970. Mayor of Cholet, since 1965. County Councillor, Cholet-2, since 1967.
Union for French Democracy Deputy for Maine-et-Loire (Cholet), 1973-1977 and since 1978. Regional Councillor, Loire Country, 1973-1985. Secretary of State for the Prime Minister in charge of Public Office, 1976-1978.
Chairman, National Federation of Mixed-Economy Companies, 1978-1982. Vice-Chairman, Union for French Democracy Parliamentary Group, since 1978. Member of Managing Committee, Overseas Departments Investment Fund, 1978.
Chairman, CAECL, 1978-1981. Chairman, National Contingency Fund, 1981-1986. Chairman, Regional Loans Committee of the Loire, since 1984.
Chairman, National Regional Economies and Productivity Council since 1988.
Spouse Patricia Comiglion, 1966. Children: Benoit, Jacquelin, Stanislas (all from 1st marriage to Brigitte Cowet, now deceased).