Étienne Audibert

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Étienne Audibert (May 14, 1888 – June 6, 1954) was a French engineer, politician and industrialist. He was born in Marseille and studied at a Christian school in Mées, then at Institution Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles. In 1907 he entered the École Polytechnique, finishing 6th in a class of 170. He also studied at the École des Mines de Paris.

Audibert became mayor of Senlis in January 1941. He held important roles in mining and energy, including Vice President of the Conseil général des mines, chairman of Charbonnages de France, and director general of CERCHAR. He was the second chairman of Électricité de France (EDF) from 1947 to 1949.

During World War II, he was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst on June 7, 1944, and sent to Neuengamme concentration camp. He returned to France on May 18, 1945.

Awards and honours: he received the Resistance Medal and the Melchett Medal in 1940, and was made Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. In 1951 he was awarded the British Institute of Mining Engineers medal for 1950, becoming the second French person to receive it.