André Boutemy (21 December 1905 – 14 July 1959) was a French lawyer, senior administrator and then politician.

He served under the Vichy government during the occupation of France in World War II (1939–45), and as a result was barred from politics until 1950.

In the immediate post-war period he distributed funds from industry to support right-wing politicians running for election.

[2] In this office, where he served under Pucheu and Pierre Laval, he was responsible for tracking all real or potential opposition movements.

[3] Boutemy worked with Georges Villiers, who had been appointed mayor of Lyon after Édouard Herriot was dismissed.

[2] The Centre d'Études Economiques (CEE) was established in 1945 as a vehicle for distributing funds from industry to political parties.

Boutemey and Maurice Brulfer headed the CEE, which gave funding to the right-wing Republican Party of Liberty (PRL).

He [Boutemy] dispensed his envelopes with the pride of a nabob in splendid surroundings, but he was poorly rewarded for his generosity.

[1] It was asserted but not proved that his appointment was due to pressure from the chemical industry, which was concerned about the efforts Boutemy's predecessor had made towards allowing free competition in a European market for pharmaceutical products.