Maurice Ligot

Maurice Ligot
Member of the French National Assembly
In office 23 June 1988 – 18 June 2002
Preceded by	Proportional representation
Succeeded by	Gilles Bourdouleix
Constituency	Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency
In office 2 April 1986 – 14 May 1988
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	position abolished
Constituency	Proportional representation
In office 3 April 1978 – 1 April 1986
Preceded by	Jean Huchon
Succeeded by	Proportional representation
Constituency	Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency
In office 2 April 1973 – 27 September 1976
Preceded by	René Le Bault de La Morinière
Succeeded by	Jean Huchon
Constituency	Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency
Mayor of Cholet
In office 1965–1995
Preceded by	Georges Prisset
Succeeded by	Gilles Bourdouleix
Personal details
Born	(1927-12-09)9 December 1927 Niort, France
Died	29 October 2022(2022-10-29) (aged 94) Cholet, France
Political party	CNIP UDF
Education	Sciences Po École nationale d'administration
Occupation	Civil administrator

Maurice Ligot (9 December 1927 – 29 October 2022) was a French civil administrator and politician. He served in the National Assembly from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 2002 in Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency. He was Mayor of Cholet from 1965 to 1995 and served as Secretary of State of Civil Service from 1976 to 1978. In 1988, he co-founded the Fédération des maires des villes moyennes alongside Jean Auroux, which became the Fédération des villes de France in 2014.

Biography

Youth and education

Maurice was the son of Maurice Alexandre Ligot and Madeleine Rousseau. He studied at Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration.

Career

Ligot began working for the Secretary-General for African and Malagasy Affairs, Jacques Foccart, one of the closest advisors of President Charles de Gaulle. He was subsequently chief of staff for Minister of the Interior Roger Frey. With the exception of an appointment by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 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 Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Cholet 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)