Thierry Lataste Explained

Office:High Commissioner of New Caledonia
President:François Hollande
Emmanuel Macron
Term Start:20 June 2016
Term End:10 July 2019
Predecessor:Laurent Cabrera
Successor:Laurent Prévost
President1:Jacques Chirac
Term Start1:19 July 1999
Term End1:29 July 2002
Predecessor1:Dominique Bur
Successor1:Alain Triolle
President2:François Mitterrand
Term Start2:29 July 1994
Term End2:12 August 1994
Predecessor2:Alain Christnacht
Successor2:Didier Cultiaux
Office3:Representative of Co-Prince of Andorra
Term Start3:5 January 2015
Term End3:15 June 2016
Birth Name:Thierry Lataste
Birth Date:31 January 1954
Birth Place:Talence, Gironde Department

Thierry Lataste (born 31 January 1954 in Talence, Gironde Department)[1] is a senior French civil servant, who served as High Commissioner of New Caledonia from July to August 1994, 1999 to 2002, and again from 2016 to 2019.

From 5 January 2015 to 15 June 2016 he was the personal representative of the Co-Prince of Andorra.[2]

Biography

Youth and training

Thierry Lataste is a graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris in 1978,[3] a former student of the École normale supérieure[4] and of the École nationale d'administration (ENA or) in 1982.[5]

Career

When he left the ENA in June 1982, Lataste was named civil administrator 2nd class of the Ministry of Interior and Decentralization. In September, he became sub-prefect, director of the cabinet of the Commissioner of the Republic of Vaucluse.[6] In October 1983, he was appointed sub-prefect outside the framework and became director of Pierre Mauroy's cabinet in Lille. In 1985, he became secretary general of the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. He was reinstated as a civil administrator and became secretary general of New Caledonia. He stayed there for three years, and in October 1994 became sub-prefect of Senlis. He was chief of staff to Secretary of State for Overseas Jean-Jack Queyranne from 1997 to 2000. At the end of this year, he becomes prefect, government delegate, High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia.[7] In 2002, he became the prefect of Savoie, then two years later, prefect of Pyrénées-Orientales. He later became prefect of Vendée, and prefect of Saône-et-Loire.[8] [9]

In July 2012, he became the prefect of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, prefect of Hérault.[10]

On 19 December 2012 he was appointed chief of staff to the Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls.[11]

On 3 January 2015 he was appointed chief of staff of the president of the Republic François Hollande and personal representative of the president of the Republic as Co-Prince in Andorra, replacing Sylvie Hubac as of 5 January 2015. He was assisted by Constance Rivière.[12]

He performed this function until 25 May 2016, the date on which he was appointed High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia[13] with the charge of organizing the 2018 referendum on the independence of New Caledonia.[14] [15] On 15 June 2016 he was replaced by Jean-Pierre Hugues, a retired prefect.[16]

New Caledonia

As chief of staff to Secretary of State for Overseas Jean-Jack Queyranne from 1997 to 2000, Thierry Lataste negotiated with New Caledonians following the Matignon agreements of 1988, he was one of the main negotiators of the Nouméa Accord that he signed on 5 May 1998 as representative of the Secretary of State for Overseas.[17] From July 1999 until 2002, he was appointed the high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia.[18]

Significant actions

As the high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, he was especially confronted with the violent clashes which from December 2001 opposed certain Kanak inhabitants of the Saint-Louis tribe to members of the Wallisian and Futunian community.[19]

Distinctions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bio Express. Thierry Lataste, marié, père de 4 enfants, est né le 31 janvier 1954 à Talence en Gironde. Bio Express. Thierry Lataste, married, father of 4 children, was born on 31 January 1954 in Talence in Gironde. 2021-06-28. www.lejsl.com. FR-fr.
  2. Web site: Andorra. 2021-07-05. www.worldstatesmen.org.
  3. Web site: Sciences Po Alumni. 2021-06-28. sciencespo-alumni.fr. fr.
  4. Web site: L'annuaire a-Ulm. 2021-06-28. www.archicubes.ens.fr.
  5. Web site: M. Thierry LATASTE - Préfet hors classe - Biographie mise à jour le 19 novembre 2020 - LesBiographies.com. Mr. Thierry Lataste - Biography updated on November 19, 2020 - LesBiographies.com. 2021-07-05. www.lesbiographies.com. fr.
  6. Web site: 2007-07-09. Thierry Lataste. 2021-07-05. Les Echos. fr.
  7. Web site: Le congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. The Congress of New Caledonia. 2021-07-05. Congrès. fr-FR.
  8. Web site: Thierry Lataste nommé directeur de cabinet du Président de la République. Thierry Lataste appointed Chief of Staff to the President of the Republic. 2021-07-05. Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère. fr-FR.
  9. News: 2014-12-19. Elysée : Sylvie Hubac s'en va, Thierry Lataste arrive. fr. Le Monde.fr. 2021-07-06.
  10. Web site: Préfets de la région Languedoc-Roussillon, Préfets de l'Hérault depuis 1800. Prefects of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, Prefects of Hérault since 1800. 2021-07-05. www.herault.gouv.fr. fr.
  11. Web site: Thierry Lataste - Who's Who. 2021-07-05. www.whoswho.fr. fr.
  12. Web site: December 19, 2014. Thierry Lataste nommé directeur de cabinet, en janvier. Thierry Lataste appointed chief of staff, in January. Ouest France. fr.
  13. Web site: 2019-08-07. New French High Commissioner installed in New Caledonia. 2021-07-06. RNZ. en-nz.
  14. Web site: Political structure. 2021-06-28. country.eiu.com.
  15. Web site: Nouvelle-Calédonie : "Ici, la balance des forces est la même depuis trente ans". 2021-07-06. LEFIGARO. 10 September 2018 . fr.
  16. Web site: Jean-Pierre Hugues à la tête du cabinet de Hollande. 2021-07-06. www.20minutes.fr. 10 June 2016 . fr.
  17. Book: Cazaumayou. Jérôme. GABRIEL PAÏTA, TÉMOIGNAGE KANAK D'Opao au pays de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. de Dekker. Thomas. Editions L'Harmattan. 1999. 9782296394544. 217. French. GABRIEL PAÏTA, TESTIMONY KANAK From Opao to the land of New Caledonia.
  18. Web site: Le directeur de cabinet de François Hollande nommé Haut-commissaire de la République en Nouvelle-Calédonie. 2021-07-10. Outre-mer la 1ère. fr-FR.
  19. Web site: NEW APPEAL FOR CALM IN NEW CALEDONIA Pacific Islands Report. 2021-07-10. www.pireport.org.
  20. Web site: Décret du 2 mai 2017 portant promotion et nomination. 2021-07-06. www.legifrance.gouv.fr. fr.
  21. Web site: Décret du 30 janvier 2008 portant promotion et nomination. 2021-07-06. www.legifrance.gouv.fr. fr.