Strong emotion after the disappearance of Yves Nicolin’s chief of staff

Wave of sadness and turmoil in the Roanne political environment. Nathalie Goutorbe, Yves Nicolin’s chief of staff, has just suddenly disappeared this Wednesday, June 19. The one who was parliamentary collaborator of the deputy Yves Nicolin for 21 years, from June 1996 to June 2017, before becoming chief of staff of the mayor and president of Roannais Agglomération after the departure of Nicolas Reveret, was a very well-known figure in the local political world and notably from the Roanne right. And a professional very invested in her work.She was a collaborator of Yves Nicolin for two decades and remained involved at his side at the Roanne town hall as well as at the Agglo.

“We are all in shock. We have known each other for around thirty years. As a parliamentary collaborator, she helped me in the Roan region when I received people on many subjects: employment, retirement… She prepared interventions with ministries, businesses… As head of cabinet, her role was different: she was in close contact with elected officials in the City as well as in the Agglomeration, to organize the relations of the mayor and president of the Together with elected officials, she prepared meetings, also participated a lot in neighborhood meetings”, recalls Yves Nicolin, who was to receive counterparts this Thursday, June 20 at the end of the day to discuss this tragic disappearance. From Monday, psychologists will come to meet agents and elected officials who wish to do so.

Many people praise his commitment to this territory. Like Jade Petit, elected to the City and the Agglomeration, who evokes “someone loyal, pure, honest, a hard worker, very kind”. Jean-Marc Pouxe, from the office of the mayor of Coteau, also speaks of a “beautiful person, hardworking and straight-laced” who “guided him a lot” in 2020 when he took up his duties at Costello town hall.

A.M.