Pierre Chassigneux
{{Short description|French businessman and government official (1941–2024)}}
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| birth_name = Pierre Claude Georges Chassigneux
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1941|12|25}}
| birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Marne, German-occupied France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|01|22|1941|12|25}}
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| nationality = French
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| occupation = Businessman
Government official
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| education = Lycée Louis-le-Grand
École nationale d'administration
Sciences Po
Faculty of Law of Paris
| office = President of the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France
| term_start = 2003
| term_end = 2011
| predecessor = Pierre Chantereau
| successor = Alain Minc
| office2 = Director of the {{ill|Office of the President of the French Republic|fr|Cabinet du président de la République française}}
| president2 = François Mitterrand
| term_start2 = 2 July 1992
| term_end2 = 19 May 1995
| predecessor2 = {{ill|Gilles Ménage (government official)|fr|Gilles Ménage (haut fonctionnaire)|lt=Gilles Ménage}}
| successor2 = Bertrand Landrieu
| office3 = {{ill|List of prefects of Gironde|fr|Liste des préfets de la Gironde|lt=Prefect of Gironde}}
| term_start3 = 21 December 1988
| term_end3 = 1 July 1992
| predecessor3 = Thierry Kaeppelin
| successor3 = Bernard Landouzy
| office4 = {{ill|List of prefects of Oise|fr|Liste des préfets de l'Oise|lt=Prefect of Oise}}
| term_start4 = 2 May 1986
| term_end4 = 21 December 1988
| predecessor4 = Louis Morel
| successor4 = Alain Bidou
| office5 = Director of the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux
| term_start5 = 16 November 1983
| term_end5 = 2 May 1986
| predecessor5 = Paul Roux
| successor5 = Philippe Massoni
| office6 = {{ill|List of prefects of Nièvre|fr|Liste des préfets de la Nièvre|lt=Prefect of Nièvre}}
| term_start6 = 13 April 1982
| term_end6 = 16 November 1983
| predecessor6 = Victor Béreaux
| successor6 = Mohamed Bengaouer
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Pierre Claude Georges Chassigneux ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ klod ʒɔʁʒ ʃasiɲø}}; 25 December 1941 – 22 January 2024) was a French businessman and government official.{{cite web|url=https://avis-de-deces.ouest-france.fr/20240127/pierre-chassigneux-2203586|title=Monsieur Pierre Chassigneux|date=27 January 2024|work=Ouest-France|language=French}}
Biography
Born in Neuilly-sur-Marne on 25 December 1941, Chassigneux's parents were doctors.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfhp.fr/index.php?post/2009/04/30/Notice-biographique-Pierre-Chassigneux|title=CHASSIGNEUX (Pierre, Claude, Georges)|work=Société française d'histoire de la police|date=9 August 2019 |language=French}} He attended secondary school at the {{ill|Lycée Marcelin-Berthelot|fr}} and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand before graduating from the Faculty of Law of Paris, Sciences Po, and the École nationale d'administration. After university, he joined the Ministry of the Interior in 1969 and became chief of staff to {{ill|List of prefects of Tarn|fr|Liste des préfets du Tarn|lt=Prefect of Tarn}}Bernard Couzier.
Chassigneux was appointed secretary-general of Orne in 1976 and then Manche the following year. He became deputy chief of staff to Prefect of Police {{ill|Pierre Somveille|fr}} in 1980. He served as {{ill|List of prefects of Nièvre|fr|Liste des préfets de la Nièvre|lt=Prefect of Nièvre}} from 1982 to 1983, directed the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux from 1983 to 1986, served as {{ill|List of prefects of Oise|fr|Liste des préfets de l'Oise|lt=Prefect of Oise}} from 1986 to 1988, and was {{ill|List of prefects of Gironde|fr|Liste des préfets de la Gironde|lt=Prefect of Gironde}} from 1988 to 1992. From 1992 to 1995, he was Director of the {{ill|Office of the President of the French Republic|fr|Cabinet du président de la République française}} under François Mitterrand.
After Mitterrand left the Élysée Palace in 1995, Chassigneux served as president of the Association technique de l'importation charbonnière until 2001. There, he supervised the privatization of the {{ill|Compagnie française de navigation rhénane|fr}}. He joined the board of directors of Aéroports de Paris the day after the September 11 attacks with the objective of strengthening airport security.{{cite news |last=Verdo|first=Yann|date=17 October 2003|title=Pierre Chassigneux|trans-title= |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/2003/10/pierre-chassigneux-675017|language=French|work=Les Echos|location= |access-date=30 January 2024}} In 2003, he became president of the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF), succeeding Pierre Chantereau. He was also vice-president of the Association des sociétés françaises d'autoroutes et d'ouvrages à péages and treasurer of the {{ill|Institut François-Mitterrand|fr}}. In 2007, he became president of Taxis bleus, owned by his old acquaintance André Rousselet.{{cite news |last=Nora|first=Dominique|date=12 February 2015|title=Derrière la grogne des taxis, le système Rousselet|trans-title= |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/economie/20150212.OBS2398/derriere-la-grogne-des-taxis-le-systeme-rousselet.html|language=French|work=L'Obs|location= |access-date=30 January 2024}} In December 2011, he ended his mandate as president of SANEF.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=19 April 2010|title=Pierre Chassigneux|trans-title= |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/19/04/2010/LesEchos/20659-049-ECH_pierre-chassigneux.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160612190228/http://www.lesechos.fr/19/04/2010/LesEchos/20659-049-ECH_pierre-chassigneux.htm|archivedate=12 June 2016|language=French|work=Les Echos|location= |access-date=30 January 2024}} As president of Taxis bleus, he fought against the rise of the vehicle for hire industry during the 2010s.{{cite news |last=Chassigneux|first=Pierre|date=5 February 2016|title=Taxis, VTC, LOTI : peut-on sortir enfin de la jungle ?|trans-title= |url=https://www.latribune.fr/opinions/tribunes/taxis-vtc-loti-peut-on-sortir-enfin-de-la-jungle-548764.html|language=French|work=La Tribune|location= |access-date=30 January 2024}}
Pierre Chassigneux died on 22 January 2024, at the age of 82.{{cite web|url=https://carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr/deces/annonces/487952443/|title=Pierre CHASSIGNEUX|date=27 January 2024|work=Le Figaro|language=French}}
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