Maxime Tandonnet (7 October 1958 – 21 September 2024) was a French civil servant and writer.

Life and career

Born in on 7 October 1958, Tandonnet graduated from the

Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux (), also known as Sciences Po Bordeaux (), is a French grande école located on the university campus of Pessac, Bordeaux. It is attached to the University of Bordeaux. Established in 1948, Sciences Po ...

in 1979 and from the

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in 1992. After his military service in the

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, he was named as a secretary of foreign affairs at the Embassy of France in Sudan for two years. He then joined the directorate for French citizens abroad in North Africa and the Middle East. In 1992, the

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named him private secretary to Prefect of

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. In 2008, he was named a member of the . In 2007, Tandonnet became an advisor on immigration at the

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, a post he held until 2011. He then resumed his duties as an inspector-general for the Minister of the Interior. The press lauded him as

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's main advisor on immigration, though he faced criticism for the proximity of his beliefs to those of the National Front. In addition to his administrative career, he regularly contributed to ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the ''

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''. He also became a guest instructor on immigration policy at

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in 2011. Tandonnet died on 21 September 2024, at the age of 65.

Publications

*''Le Grand Bazar ou l'Europe face à l'immigration'' (2001) *''La Nouvelle Vague'' (2002) *''Le Défi de l'immigration'' (2003) *''Immigration: sortir du chaos'' (2006) *''Géopolitique des migrations: la crise des frontières'' (2007) *''1940: un autre 11 novembre'' (2009) *''Histoire des présidents de la République'' (2013) *''Au cœur du volcan, Carnets de l'Elysée 2007–2012'' (2014) *''Droit des étrangers et de l'accès à la nationalité'' (2016) *''Les parias de la République'' (2017) *''André Tardieu, l'incompris'' (2019) *''Georges Bidault: de la Résistance à l'Algérie française'' (2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tandonnet, Maxime 1958 births 2024 deaths French civil servants French writers Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Writers from Bordeaux