Claude Érignac

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Claude Érignac
Born	(1937-10-15)15 October 1937 Mende, France
Died	6 February 1998(1998-02-06) (aged 60) Ajaccio, France
Education	Sciences-Po Paris, ÉNA

Claude Érignac (15 October 1937 — 6 February 1998) was a French prefect on the island of Corsica.

Érignac was born in Mende, Lozère. In 1996 he went to Ajaccio in Corsica to take office as the Prefect of Corse-du-Sud. He was assassinated at 9:15 p.m. on 6 February 1998. Corsican nationalist militant Yvan Colonna was suspected of the killing, and was arrested in 2003. He was found guilty for the third time in June 2011 for the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.^[1]

In the ministry of the interior at place Beauvau, a salon has been named after him.

References

↑ "Corsican nationalist Colonna found guilty of murder". France 24. 20 June 2011.

Political offices
Preceded by	Prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle –	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Prefect of Yvelines –	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Prefect of Corse-du-Sud Prefect of Corsica 1996–1998	Succeeded by Bernard Bonnet

Authority control	VIAF: 19841609 ISNI: 0000 0000 4572 8768 BNF: cb13541538k

Persondata
Name	Erignac, Claude
Alternative names
Short description	French politician
Date of birth	1937
Place of birth
Date of death	1998
Place of death

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