| Maurice Ligot | |
| Birth Date: | 1927 12, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Niort, France |
| Death Place: | Cholet, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Civil administrator |
| Education: | Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
| Party: | CNIP UDF |
| Office: | Member of the French National Assembly |
| Term Start: | 23 June 1988 |
| Term End: | 18 June 2002 |
| Predecessor: | Proportional representation |
| Successor: | Gilles Bourdouleix |
| Constituency: | Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency |
| Term Start1: | 2 April 1986 |
| Term End1: | 14 May 1988 |
| Predecessor1: | position established |
| Successor1: | position abolished |
| Constituency1: | Proportional representation |
| Term Start2: | 3 April 1978 |
| Term End2: | 1 April 1986 |
| Successor2: | Proportional representation |
| Constituency2: | Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency |
| Term Start3: | 2 April 1973 |
| Term End3: | 27 September 1976 |
| Successor3: | Jean Huchon |
| Constituency3: | Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency |
| Office4: | Mayor of Cholet |
| Term Start4: | 1965 |
| Term End4: | 1995 |
| Successor4: | Gilles Bourdouleix |
Maurice Ligot (9 December 1927 – 29 October 2022) was a French civil administrator and politician. He served in the National Assembly from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 2002 in Maine-et-Loire's 5th constituency. He was Mayor of Cholet from 1965 to 1995[1] and served as from 1976 to 1978. In 1988, he co-founded the Fédération des maires des villes moyennes alongside Jean Auroux, which became the in 2014.[2]
Maurice was the son of Maurice Alexandre Ligot and Madeleine Rousseau. He studied at Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration.
Ligot began working for the Secretary-General for African and Malagasy Affairs, Jacques Foccart, one of the closest advisors of President Charles de Gaulle. He was subsequently chief of staff for Minister of the Interior Roger Frey. With the exception of an appointment by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing as Secretary of State of Civil Service from 1976 to 1978,[3] he was a deputy of the National Assembly from 1973 to 2002.[4]
At the end of the 19th Century, Célestin Port noted that the commune of Cholet did not have a museum or a library. This did not change until Ligot's mayorship, with a permanent library opening in 1984 and the opening in 1993.[5] Additionally, a new town hall was opened in 1976 and a new hospice opened the following year.[6]
Maurice Ligot died in Cholet on 29 October 2022, at the age of 94.[7]