Two months after leaving the head of the Paris Police Prefecture (PP), Didier Lallement was appointed, Monday, September 26, at the head of the general secretariat of the sea, “on the proposal of the Prime Minister”, Elisabeth Borne, in the Council of Ministers. He will take office “from October 3”can we read in the minutes of the Council of Ministers.
The General Secretariat for the Sea is an interministerial body placed under the authority of Matignon, whose mission is to control, evaluate and coordinate the government’s maritime policy.
Affected by two judicial inquiries
Mr. Lallement, 66, was widely criticized during his three and a half years at the head of the Prefecture of Police for his brutal management of the demonstrations. He is the subject of two judicial inquiries, concerning his policing scheme during the movement of “yellow vests”.
The first was opened on August 31, 2022 after the filing of a complaint with civil action by two figures of the movement, Priscillia Ludosky and Faouzi Lellouche, who accuse him of having put them in danger by « nassant » and preventing them from demonstrating in Paris in November 2019.
The second follows the complaint of the former “yellow vest” Maxime Nicolle, who denounces his “arbitrary detention” during his placement in police custody on the sidelines of the parade of July 14, 2019.
It was the former national coordinator of intelligence and the fight against terrorism, Laurent Nunez, who succeeded Mr. Lallement at the head of the Parisian institution at the end of July.