Jacques Auxiette

Jacques Auxiette (3 December 1940 – 10 December 2021) was a French politician, and was the Regional Council President for the Pays de la Loire region in France. Auxiette was president between 2004 and 2015, and was re-elected to the office in the March 2010 council elections. He was a member of the Socialist Party.

He was one of the strongest opponents of the reunification of Loire-Atlantique to its historical region, Brittany.