{{Short description|French politician}} thumb|Ange Mancini (right) '''Ange Mancini''' (born 15 June 1944, Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes) is the French intelligence national coordinator.<ref name="lepoint">Armel Mehani, 'Ange Mancini bientôt coordonnateur du renseignement', in ''Le Point'', 22/02/2011 [http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/ange-mancini-bientot-coordonnateur-du-renseignement-22-02-2011-1298204_23.php]</ref><ref name="lemonde">'Le groupe Accor attaqué par des proches de DSK', in ''Le Monde'', 03.07.11 [http://www.lemonde.fr/dsk/article/2011/07/03/la-direction-du-sofitel-mise-en-cause-par-des-proches-de-dsk_1544208_1522571.html]</ref><ref name="marianne">Jean-Dominique Merchet, 'Ange Mancini, un policier au renseignement. Un de plus..', in ''Marianne'', 24 Feb 2011 {{cite web|url=http://www.marianne2.fr/blogsecretdefense/Ange-Mancini-un-policier-au-renseignement-Un-de-plus_a141.html |title=Ange Mancini, un policier au renseignement. Un de plus |accessdate=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003141658/http://www.marianne2.fr/blogsecretdefense/Ange-Mancini-un-policier-au-renseignement-Un-de-plus_a141.html |archivedate=2011-10-03 }}</ref><ref name="france24">'Ange Mancini officiellement nommé coordonnateur national du renseignement', in ''France 24'', 23 Feb 2011 [http://www.france24.com/fr/20110223-ange-mancini-officiellement-nomme-coordonnateur-national-renseignement]{{dead link|date=October 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref name="france242">'Ange Mancini, un ex-grand flic nommé coordonnateur du renseignement', in ''France 24'', 24 March 2011 [http://www.france24.com/fr/20110328-ange-mancini-ex-grand-flic-nomme-coordonnateur-renseignement]{{dead link|date=October 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref name="hearing">[http://www.senat.fr/compte-rendu-commissions/20110426/etr.html#toc6 Appointment hearing]</ref><ref name="lexpress">'Ange Mancini, un super-flic à la tête du renseignement', in ''L'Express'', 23/02/2011 [http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/un-super-flic-a-la-tete-du-renseignement_965665.html]</ref><ref name="lepoint2">[http://www.lepoint.fr/ange-mancini-03-03-2011-1302209_19.php 'Ange Mancini', in ''Le Point'', 03/03/2011]</ref>

==Biography== His father was a bricklayer from Italy.<ref name="france242"/> In 1963, he started a career in the National Police.<ref name="marianne"/> In 1983, he served as the head of the Service régional de police judiciaire of Ajaccio.<ref name="france242"/> In 1985, he created the Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID).<ref name="lepoint"/><ref name="marianne"/><ref name="france24"/><ref name="france242"/><ref name="lexpress"/> He served as its first head from 1985 to 1990.<ref name="france24"/><ref name="lepoint2"/><ref name="20minutes">'Le préfet Ange Mancini devrait être nommé coordonnateur national du renseignement', in ''20 minutes'', 22.02.11 [http://www.20minutes.fr/ledirect/674647/politique-le-prefet-ange-mancini-devrait-etre-nomme-coordonnateur-national-renseignement]</ref> In 1987, he helped arrest members of Action directe in the Loiret.<ref name="lepoint"/><ref name="france242"/> From 1990 to 1995, he served as the head of the SRPJ of Versailles.<ref name="france24"/><ref name="lexpress"/><ref name="20minutes"/> He then served as the Deputy Head of the Direction centrale de la police judiciaire until 1996.<ref name="liberation">'Jacques Guimezanes succède à Ange Mancini à la direction de la police judiciaire', in ''Libération, 20/02/1996 [http://www.liberation.fr/france/0101171629-jacques-guimezanes-succede-a-ange-mancini-a-la-direction-de-la-police-judiciaire]''</ref>

From 1999 to 2002, he served as deputy prefect for security of Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse.<ref name="france24"/><ref name="france242"/><ref name="lexpress"/><ref name="20minutes"/> He served as the prefect of French Guiana from 2002 to 2006, then of Landes, and later as Prefect of Martinique since 2007.<ref name="lepoint"/><ref name="france24"/><ref name="france242"/><ref name="lexpress"/><ref name="lepoint2"/><ref name="20minutes"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Protestors hit streets in general strike |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6298448.html |work=Houston Chronicle |date=6 March 2009 |accessdate=13 November 2010 }}</ref>

He enjoys golf, cross-country cycling, and hunting.<ref name="france242"/>

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