“Thank you very much for these two years”

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Before an assembly composed of elected officials, collaborators and actors of the economic world local, the man who led the prefecture during more than two years expressed, with a broken voice, his gratitude and his attachment to this territory.

This Saturday, October 19, 2024, he left Cantal to reach Albiwhere new responsibilities await him as prefect of Tarn.

With my wife Olinda we really loved Cantal.

Laurent Buchaillat, in office since August 2022did not hide his emotion during this ceremony. “Cantal will remain engraved in meit was my first position of prefect, with a unique flavor, as the regional prefect predicted to me, Pascal Mailhos when I arrived,” he confided.

“Cantal, a land of passion”

During these two years, the prefect immersed himself in the landscapes and challenges of a territory deeply anchored in its roots. “Cantal is landscapes breathtakingbut especially women and men passionate who make them live,” he underlined.

With special mention for the farmersthe associative world and business leaders, those who, according to him, shape not only the landscapes, but also the economic and social dynamics of the department.

A departure full of nostalgia and emotion

THE memorable memories are not lacking, notably his meeting last week with a young breeder struck by the bluetongueor the ground outlet of the Center of excellence in biology which will spread excellence from Aurillac to Europe, without forgetting the anger of the farmers at the exit of the Saint-Flour motorway “It’s in the diversity of encounters that I found this passion for Cantal”, he adds, before paying tribute to the state agents who accompanied him in his mission.

Grateful elected officials

Local elected officials did not fail to express their regret at seeing the departure of a man with whom they had established relationships. strong bonds. Christian Montin, mayor of Marcolès and president of the AMF Cantal, confided: “In my long experience as an elected official, Laurent Buchaillat is undoubtedly one of the prefects with whom he has been the most nice to work. Always listening, accessiblehe was able to understand the challenges of our territory.”

Vincent Descoeur, deputy du Cantal, also praised the quality of their collaboration: “We worked closely on major projects. If I had one regret to express, it is the brevity of his passage. Two years is too short for a department like ours which needs continuity » .

For Bernard Delcros, senator of Cantal, the relationship with a prefect is essential in the dialoguebetween the territories and the State. “Our discussions have always been constructiveboth for local issues and for the variation of national policies“, he stressed.

New challenges in Albi

The announcement of the departure of Laurent Buchaillat appeared in the Official Journal on October 1, 2024 thus formalizing his appointment as head of the prefecture of Tarn . A position that he will occupy with enthusiasm, while keeping in mind the teachings of his experiencein Cantal. “I am leaving this territory with immense pride and a pang in my heart, but I am also impatient to take on the new challenges that await me in Albi.

When leaving Cantal, the prefect likes to evoke a symbolic link with Georges Pompidou former President of the Republic, who did part of his schooling in Albi. “Starting tomorrow, the address I enter into my GPS will be 16, Lice Georges Pompidou(address of the Prefecture in Albi, Editor’s note),” he said with a smile, thus underlining this historical nod.

For now, no successorhas not yet been appointed head of the Cantal prefecture.

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