Claude Guéant was born in Vimy. He studied law in Paris at a university. He then entered Sciences Po and then the ENA administration school (Thomas More promotion of 1971). After graduating from the ENA, he became chief of staff of the prefect of the Finistère department, and then, in 1974, general secretary of Guadeloupe for economic affairs. In 1977, he entered the Ministry of Interior as a technical counsellor of Christian Bonnet, an office which he held until François Mitterrand's election in 1981.
Nominated sub-prefect (sous-préfet hors-classe), he then worked alongside the prefect of the region Centre. Guéant then became general secretary of the prefecture of the Hérault department and then of the Hauts-de-Seine. In 1991, he was nominated prefect of the Hautes-Alpes department.
He has denied any wrongdoing ...Sarkozy denounced the document as a forgery and sued for defamation ... Sarkozy's former ministers Claude Guéant, Brice Hortefeux, and Éric Woerth are also on trial, along with eight other defendants ... ....
In 2005, people close to Sarkozy, who was at the time the interior minister, including his chief of staff Claude Guéant and junior minister Brice Hortefeux, travelled to Tripoli, where they met with al-Senoussi.
He denies the charges ... The prosecutors also called for a six-year prison sentence for Sarkozy’s former right-hand man Claude Guéant and a €100,000 fine, and a €150,000 fine for Brice Hortefeux, his former interior minister. .
He denies the charges ... The prosecutors also called for a six-year prison sentence for Sarkozy’s former right-hand man Claude Guéant and a €100,000 fine, and a €150,000 fine for Brice Hortefeux, his former interior minister ... Join the conversation ... email.