Raymond-Max Aubert

Raymond-Max Aubert, is a high civil servant and French politician.

Biography

Origins and training

Son of prefect Jacques Aubert and brother of historian Véronique Aubert, Raymond-Max Aubert is an alumnus of the École nationale d'administration. He came out ranked 36th out of 42.

Political career

In the 1988 French cantonal elections, he was elected General Councillor for Corrèze from October 3, 1988 to March 27, 1994. He was re-elected in the 1994 elections. He was the leading candidate for the Right in the 1992 French regional elections in Limousin, an election won by the Socialist list led by Robert Savy. He was nevertheless elected regional councillor for Limousin from March 22, 1992 to March 15, 1998. In the 1993 French legislative elections, he was elected RPR deputy of the 1st constituency of Corrèze against François Hollande. Two years later, he became mayor of Tulle, succeeding the Communist Jean Combasteil. He lost both mandates in 1997 and 2001, both won by François Hollande.
From their shared past at the ENA, and these multiple political confrontations, a certain rivalry at local level can be associated with these two men.
He was also secretary of State in charge of Rural Development for the Minister of Regional Planning Bernard Pons, in the Alain Juppé Government I.

Administrative career

Inspector General of Equipment, he was delegate for regional planning and action from 1995 to 1997.
In 2003, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Agence nationale pour le chèque-vacances ; then, in 2009, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Centre national pour le développement du sport.
He was also Deputy Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Veolia Environnement Foundation.

Decorations

Officer of the Legion of Honor.

Legal problems

On February 16, 2007, against the advice of the public prosecutor's office, the Paris Court of Appeal validated the indictments for “misappropriation of public funds” brought against the successive cabinet directors of the former Mayor of Paris between 1983 and 1995, Robert Pandraud, Daniel Naftalski and Michel Roussin. In all, some twenty people were prosecuted in this case, including the former secretary of State Raymond-Max Aubert.
He was subsequently dismissed from the case, as he was not one of the ten final defendants in the trial.