William Molinié, edited by Thibault Nadal
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11:18 a.m., July 12, 2022
Didier Lallement is expected to leave his post as Paris police chief on July 20. After more than three years at the prefecture, marked by major controversy, he should return to the Court of Auditors. To replace it, several are mentioned. But it is the former Secretary of State, Laurent Nunez, who holds the rope.
It will soon be official, on July 20 precisely during the Council of Ministers. The prefect of police of Paris, Didier Lallement will leave his post after three years and three months, which constitutes a record of longevity since 2012. He should leave the prefecture of police to return to his administration of origin, the court of Auditors before retiring in 2023.
Perceived at the Élysée as “tough, but fair”
It is saying that during his mandate, Didier Lallement went through controversy: starting with the Yellow Vests crisis where his outspokenness and his conception of a strong law enforcement aroused strong reactions. , until this latest controversy in the Liverpool-Real Madrid Champions League final. But paradoxically, this ultimate fiasco delayed his departure, because the government did not want to suggest that he was giving in to feverishness by dismissing him.
Didier Lallement is perceived internally as a tough but fair prefect. In particular, he was able to protect Emmanuel Macron during the yellow vests crisis, when the Elysée was directly threatened by the demonstrators.
Laurent Nunez in pole for the position
To replace him, several names are circulating: Georges-François Leclerc, prefect today of Hauts-de-France, stamped on the right, and who went through the complicated department of Seine-Saint-Denis, or Frédérique Camilleri, prefect Bouches-du-Rhône police, one of the rising stars of the prefectural.
But it is rather the former Secretary of State Laurent Nunez, currently intelligence coordinator who seems to be the best equipped to join the island of the city at this very strategic post, where its occupant sees daily a large part of the secrets. best kept in the republic.