Career
He is born on 30 November 1944 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. He is graduate of the Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux (IEP Bordeaux). 1982 - 1985: sub-prefect of Louisiana Flèche in Louisiana Flèche City 1993 - 8 February 1996: sub-prefect of Antony in Antony City 8 February 1996 - 10 November 1997: préfet adjoint pour la sécurité auprès des préfets de la Corse-du-Sud et de la Haute-Corse (deputy prefect for the security to the prefects of Corse-du-Sud and of Haute-Corse) 10 November 1997 - 6 January 2000: prefect of Hautes-Pyrénées in Tarbes 6 January 2000 - 1 August 2003: prefect of Aude in Carcassonne.