Rémy Pautrat

Rémy Pautrat (13 February 1940 – 6 April 2025) was a French civil servant. He served as Director of the Direction de la surveillance du territoire from 1985 to 1986 and was security advisor to Prime Minister Michel Rocard from 1988 to 1991. He also served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Secretariat-General for National Defence and Security (SGDN) from 1994 to 1996.

Life and career Born in Nevers on 13 February 1940, Pautrat's father worked for SNCF. After attending secondary school in his hometown, he studied law in Clermont-Ferrand and Paris. From 1966 to 1969, he worked for the Ministry of Finance of Algeria.

In 1994, Pautrat was named Deputy Secretary-General of the SGDN and established a committee for "competitiveness and economic security". The committee set the groundwork for the , created in 2003. Five years prior, Pautrat had made similar allegations in an interview on Canal+.

Pautrat served as from 1996 to 1999 and was subsequently from 1999 to 2004. During this time, he organized a regional economic intelligence conference in Caen on 29 May 1997. On 10 July 1998, he was a signatory of a convention "for the development of economic intelligence and the internationalization of small and medium enterprises in Lower Normandy" alongside President of the René Garrec. In 2002, he was appointed chairman of the board of directors of the Agence de l'eau Artois-Picardie. He also helped ensure the security of the 2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary. In 2005, he had been a sponsor of the Economic Warfare School.

Pautrat died in Versailles on 6 April 2025, at the age of 85.

Distinctions Officer of the Legion of Honour (1994) Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite (1998)