The announcement of the death of the socialist elected has sparked unanimous reactions, welcoming his commitment and his passion for field work.
Le Monde
He had created the surprise, in conqueror in 1977 La Roche-sur-Yon, capital of a Vendée very right, then the region Pays de la Loire in 2004. Jacques Auxiette died on Friday 10 December, to The age of 81, According to the information of the regional daily West -France.
The new President of the Region, Christelle Morançais (Republicans), held twitter to pay tribute to his predecessor, greeting” his commitment, his intelligence and his passion of the countries of the Loire [who] made it an estimated and respected president, well beyond his Political camp “.
Questioned by West France , L ‘ Former Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has declared that Jacques Auxiette “will remain in the memory of those who have a high idea of politics. He was a man left but also an educator”.
on Twitter, Matthieu Orphan, elected vice-president of the regional council of the Loire countries in 2010, now MPAI-et-Loire Ecologist Deputy, has with its side greeted the work of this” great gentleman, who knew that politics was done on the ground, not in Paris “.
Many local mandates
Jacques Auxiette had begun his career as a teacher of mathematics, before pursuing her as a censor and then awarder of High School Pierre-Mendès-France of La Roche-sur-Yon. It was first a member of the Unified Socialist Party, from 1970, and then from the Socialist Party, from 1973.
He who was Mayor of La Roche-sur-Yon from 1977 to 2004 was also president of the Pays de la Loire since 2004 and General Counsel for Vendée since 1979. He also had partisan responsibilities: he officiated as a first secretary Federal of the PS in Vendée from 1986 to 1990.