Michel Maïque

Michel Maïque (13 July 1948 – 12 September 2021^[1]) was a French rugby league player and politician, and socialist Mayor^[2] of Lézignan-Corbières from 2014 to 2020.^[3]

Michel Maïque
Mayor of Lézignan-Corbières
In office 7 April 2014 – 5 July 2020
Preceded by	Pierre Tournier
Succeeded by	Gerard Forcada
Community Councillor of Région Lézignanaise, Corbières and Minervois
In office 30 March 2014 – 2020
Municipal Councillor of Lézignan-Corbières
In office 30 March 2014 – 15 March 2020
Personal details
Born	(1948-07-13)13 July 1948 Aude, Occitania, France
Died	12 September 2021(2021-09-12) (aged 73) Lézignan-Corbières, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position	second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–80 FC Lézignan Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1974–79 France 8 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1982–83 France 1 0 0 1 0
As of 9 February 2021

Playing career

Former second-row FC Lézignan, he was a French international, with 8 caps between 1974 and 1979. He played for the France national team, who won against Australia in 1978^[4] and coached France between 1982 and 1983.^[5]

He coached the France national team for one fixture, in a 17-5 defeat to Great Britain on 6 March 1983 in Hull.

After Rugby

He retired as player in 1980 at 32 years. In his civil life, he was a teacher. He died on 12 September 2021 after suffering from acute pancreatitis^[6] and was buried at the Conilhac-Corbières cemetery.^[7]