Jacques Auxiette (3 December 1940 – 10 December 2021) was a French politician, and was the Regional Council President for the

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...

region in

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. Auxiette was president between 2004 and 2015, and was re-elected to the office in the March 2010 council elections. He was a member of the

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. He was one of the strongest opponents of the reunification of

Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

to its historical region,

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1940 births 2021 deaths Presidents of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire Members of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire Socialist Party (France) politicians People from Indre Politicians from Centre-Val de Loire Mayors of places in Pays de la Loire University of Clermont-Ferrand alumni {{France-politician-Socialist-stub