This Thursday, January 9, the day when Grenoble will host Montauban in Pro D2, the Stade des Alpes will pay tribute to Max Micoud, a personality quite unique in his rich career in Grenoble life.
A former boxer in his youth, he remained an unwavering supporter and supporter of FC Grenoble. A Rugby club of which he became president in 1974, and which he guided until 1985 during years full of twists and turns. The FCG having returned to the second division, he was thus in position during the club’s rise to the elite and towards the summits of French rugby.
President of the FCG, regional advisor, vice-president of the Department and eminent specialist in infectious diseases
Max Micoud was also involved in the Alps rugby committee, chairing this body from 1982 to 1991. He also became vice-president of the French Rugby Federation.
But if rugby, the king sport in Grenoble, allowed him to acquire a strong reputation in the capital of the Alps, this was also nourished by his brilliant professional career and his commitment to politics.
Born in La Tronche on January 4, 1933, a student at the Champollion high school, he studied medicine. He presented his doctoral thesis in 1963 and from then on quickly rose through the ranks. An intern, then head of clinic, associate professor, he took charge of the infectious and tropical diseases department at the hospital center in 1970. And from then on, he developed numerous projects, initiating the international vaccination center, the anti-rabies center and the information and care against AIDS. He writes numerous publications on infectious diseases and in particular AIDS.
Max Micoud is also one of the major figures in Grenoble political life in the 1990s and 2000s. In 1992, he was elected regional councilor after leading the RPR-UDF departmental list. In 1997, he conquered the canton of Grenoble 4, succeeding Alain Carignon. He became vice-president of the Department while the right reigned in Isère, then sat in the opposition.
In 2001, it was to him that the Grenoble right turned to lead the list in the municipal elections against Michel Destot. He failed by a few hundred votes to steal the City from the left. Subsequently, he remained influential at the heart of the local right, within the UMP and the general council.
And still continues his rich journey, writing a book on Notre-Dame-de-Vaulx or presiding the Center Gares neighborhood union in 2013.
A very rich career which also led him to collect the honors of the Republic: Legion of Honor, National Order of Merit and Academic Palms.
