Mathias Vicherat
{{Short description|French civil servant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}{{Expand language|name=French|langcode=fr|topic=Biography|date=December 2021}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mathias Vicherat
| office2 = Cabinet Director of the Mayor of Paris
| 2namedata2 = Bertrand Delanoë
Anne Hidalgo
| 2blankname2 = Mayor
| predecessor2 = Nicolas Revel
| termend3 = 2006
| termstart3 = 2004
| termend2 = 2017
| termstart2 = 2012
| office3 = Cabinet Director of the Prefect of Somme
| predecessor = Frédéric Mion
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|05|26|df=yes}}
| termstart = 22 November 2021
| office = Director of Sciences Po
| alma_mater = Sciences Po
École nationale d'administration
| caption = Vicherat in 2022
| image = Mathias-Vicherat-2022.jpg
| birth_place = Les Lilas, France
| children = 1
| successor2 = Raphaël Chambon
| term_end = 13 March 2024
| successor = Jean Bassères (interim)
Luis Vassy
}}
Mathias Vicherat (born 26 May 1978) is a French civil servant and who had been the director of Sciences Po from November 2021 until his resignation in March 2024.{{Cite web|title=First Interview with our New President|url=https://www.sciencespo.fr/en/news/news/first-interview-with-our-new-director-0/6924|access-date=2021-12-23|publisher=Sciences Po|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wiels |first=Jason |last2=Goury-Laffont |first2=Victor |date=2024-03-13 |title=Elite French university boss resigns amid domestic violence accusations |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/elite-france-university-boss-mathias-vicherat-resigns-domestic-violence-indictment/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}
Early life
He was born in 1978 in Seine-Saint-Denis. His father worked for Fnac.
Professional career
In September 2010, Vicherat became the deputy director of the cabinet for the Mayor of Paris, succeeding François Blouvac. In 2012, he replaced Nicolas Revel as Cabinet Director of Bertrand Delanoë.{{Cite web|last=Devatine|first=Vaea|date=15 May 2012|title=Mathias Vicherat nommé Directeur de cabinet du Maire de Paris|url=http://www.paristribune.info/Mathias-Vicherat-nomme-Directeur-de-cabinet-du-Maire-de-Paris_a6094.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paristribune.info%2FMathias-Vicherat-nomme-Directeur-de-cabinet-du-Maire-de-Paris_a6094.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|archive-date=27 May 2018|access-date=23 December 2021|website=paristribune.info|language=fr}}
Vicherat maintained his post after the election of Anne Hidalgo as Mayor of Paris in 2014.{{Cite web|last=Feneau|first=Martin|title=Airbnb : la mairie de Paris met en open data ses données sur les meublés touristiques|date=10 May 2016 |url=https://www.europe1.fr/politique/airbnb-la-mairie-de-paris-lance-un-site-pour-denoncer-son-voisin-2740936|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.europe1.fr%2Fpolitique%2Fairbnb-la-mairie-de-paris-lance-un-site-pour-denoncer-son-voisin-2740936#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|archive-date=25 September 2018|access-date=2021-12-23|publisher=Europe 1|language=fr}}
= Sciences Po =
On 10 November 2021, he was elected by the administrative council of the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques. He was named Director of the l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and administrator of Fondation nationale des sciences politiques by a decree from the President of France and an order of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.{{Cite web|title=Décret du 19 novembre 2021 portant nomination du directeur de l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris - M. VICHERAT (Mathias)|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000044345627|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legifrance.gouv.fr%2Fjorf%2Fid%2FJORFTEXT000044345627#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|archive-date=20 November 2021|access-date=2021-12-23|website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr}}{{Cite web|title=Arrêté du 19 novembre 2021 portant désignation de l'administrateur de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques - M. VICHERAT (Mathias)|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000044345631|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legifrance.gouv.fr%2Fjorf%2Fid%2FJORFTEXT000044345631#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|archive-date=23 December 2021|access-date=2021-12-23|publisher=www.legifrance.gouv.fr}}
Vicherat resigned on 13 March 2024, after being ordered to stand trial on charges of domestic violence.
Personal life
From 2013 until 2021, he was in a relationship with journalist Marie Drucker. They have a son.
On 3 December 2023, Vicherat alongside his partner {{Ill|Anissa Bonnefont|lt=Anissa Bonnefont|fr|Anissa Bonnefont}} were both placed under police custody, each accused of intimate partner violence.{{Cite news |date=4 December 2023 |title=Le directeur de Sciences Po Paris, Mathias Vicherat, placé en garde à vue pour violences conjugales |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/12/04/le-directeur-de-sciences-po-paris-mathias-vicherat-place-en-garde-a-vue-pour-violences-conjugales_6203849_3224.html |access-date=4 December 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Betty |first=Mafalda |date=6 December 2023 |title="Sous le choc et désespérée" : Violences conjugales entre Mathias Vicherat et Anissa Bonnefont, la réalisatrice brise le silence |url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/-sous-le-choc-et-desesperee-violences-conjugales-entre-mathias-vicherat-et-anissa-bonnefont-la-realisatrice-brise-le-silence_a517269/1 |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=www.purepeople.com |language=fr}} Both were released the next day. In France, the opening of a judicial investigation is the rule following a filing of criminal complaint (main courante) for domestic violence.{{Cite web |title=Qu'est-ce qu'une main courante ? |url=https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F11182 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=www.service-public.fr |language=Fr}} As a criminal complaint was filed first by Bonnefont and then by Vicherat, a judicial investigation was opened.{{Cite news |last=Guéron-Gabrielle |first=Juliette |date=2023-12-12 |title=Leader of Elite French University Offers to Step Aside, for Now |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/mathias-vicherat-sciences-po.html |access-date=2023-12-28 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=2023-12-04 |title=Le directeur de Sciences Po Paris, Mathias Vicherat, placé en garde à vue pour violences conjugales |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/12/04/le-directeur-de-sciences-po-paris-mathias-vicherat-place-en-garde-a-vue-pour-violences-conjugales_6203849_3224.html |access-date=2023-12-28}} He was ordered to stand trial for the incident in March 2024.