French civil servant and writer (1958–2024)
Maxime Tandonnet
Tandonnet in 2016
In office 1994–1996Preceded by Jean-François Delage Succeeded by Frédéric Benet-chambellan In office 1993–1994Preceded by Jérôme Gutton Succeeded by Francis Vuibert In office 1992–1993Succeeded by Patrick Buttin
Born (1958-10-07 ) 7 October 1958Caudéran [fr ] , France (today Bordeaux , France)Died 21 September 2024(2024-09-21) (aged 65) Education Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux École nationale d'administration Occupation Civil servant Writer
Maxime Tandonnet (7 October 1958 – 21 September 2024) was a French civil servant and writer.[ 1]
Life and career
Born in Caudéran [fr ] on 7 October 1958, Tandonnet graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux in 1979 and from the École nationale d'administration in 1992.[ 2] After his military service in the French Navy , he was named as a secretary of foreign affairs at the Embassy of France in Sudan for two years. He then joined the directorate for French citizens abroad in North Africa and the Middle East.[ 3] In 1992, the Minister of the Interior named him private secretary to Prefect of Indre-et-Loire and subsequently to Prefect of Yvelines [fr ] Claude Érignac . In 2008, he was named a member of the Inspection générale de l'administration [fr ] .[ 4]
In 2007, Tandonnet became an advisor on immigration at the Élysée Palace , a post he held until 2011.[ 5] He then resumed his duties as an inspector-general for the Minister of the Interior.[ 6] The press lauded him as President Nicolas Sarkozy 's main advisor on immigration,[ 7] though he faced criticism for the proximity of his beliefs to those of the National Front .[ 8] In addition to his administrative career, he regularly contributed to Le Figaro ,[ 9] Atlantico ,[ 10] Le Journal du Dimanche ,[ 11] [ 12] and the Revue Politique et Parlementaire .[ 13] He also became a guest instructor on immigration policy at Paris-East Créteil University in 2011.[ 14]
Tandonnet died on 21 September 2024,[ 1] at the age of 65.[ 12]
Publications
Le Grand Bazar ou l'Europe face à l'immigration (2001)
La Nouvelle Vague (2002)
Le Défi de l'immigration (2003)
Immigration: sortir du chaos (2006)[ 15]
Géopolitique des migrations: la crise des frontières (2007)
1940: un autre 11 novembre (2009)[ 16]
Histoire des présidents de la République (2013)[ 17] [ 18]
Au cœur du volcan, Carnets de l'Elysée 2007–2012 (2014)
Droit des étrangers et de l'accès à la nationalité (2016)
Les parias de la République (2017)[ 19]
André Tardieu, l'incompris (2019)[ 20]
Georges Bidault: de la Résistance à l'Algérie française (2022)[ 21]
References
^ a b Feertchak, Alexis (23 September 2024). "Le haut fonctionnaire et historien Maxime Tandonnet est mort" . Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 . [see text on beginning of video] Maxime Tandonnet, haut fonctionnaire et historien, est décédé à l'âge de 65 ans samedi 21 septembre [in English: "Maxime Tandonnet, a senior civil servant and an historian, died at 65 on Saturday, September the 21st"]
^ "Maxime Tandonnet" . Les Echos (in French). 8 June 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ "Maxime Tandonnet, le conseiller de Sarkozy qui doit fermer son blog" . Yahoo! News (in French). 12 April 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ "Maxime Tandonnet" . Journal officiel de la République française (in French).
^ "Tandonnet, le co-rédacteur du discours de Grenoble, quitte l'Elysée" . Slate (in French). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ "On a retrouvé Maxime Tandonnet" . La Lettre (in French). 21 January 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ "Le conseiller immigration de la présidence quitte l'Elysée" . Le Monde (in French). 24 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ Cori, Nicolas (28 September 2010). "Maxime Tandonnet, la plume acérée du discours de Grenoble" . Libération (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ "Maxime Tandonnet" . Le Figaro (in French).
^ "Maxime Tandonnet" . Atlantico (in French).
^ Tandonnet, Maxime (9 July 2024). "Maxime Tandonnet : «Et maintenant, que va devenir la France ?»" . Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ a b "Le Journal du Dimanche pleure Maxime Tandonnet, plume libre et incisive" . Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ "Maxime Tandonnet" . Revue Politique et Parlementaire (in French).
^ "Droit des étrangers et de l'accès à la nationalité" . Paris-East Créteil University (in French).
^ "Prix Lucien Dupont" . Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (in French).
^ Fouchet, Antoine (9 November 2010). "Un 11-Novembre aux couleurs de la Résistance" . La Croix (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ Courtois, Gérard (29 May 2013). "Vingt-quatre destins présidentiels" . Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ Georges, Benoît (22 March 2013). "Histoire et histoires des présidents français" . Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ Houchard, Béatrice (20 February 2017). "Maxime Tandonnet, nostalgique des parias" . L'Opinion (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ Courtois, Gérard (20 March 2019). "« André Tardieu, l'incompris » : portrait d'un modernisateur de la politique française" . Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 .
^ Bastière, Jean-Marc (2 March 2022). "Georges Bidault, de la Résistance à l'Algérie française, de Maxime Tandonnet: un héros shakespearien" . Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2024 .