Claude Jean Pierre Érignac (French pronunciation: [klod ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ eʁiɲak]; 15 December 1937 – 6 February 1998) was a French prefect on the island of Corsica.
Claude Érignac was on his way to a classical music concert in Ajaccio when he was assassinated at 9:15 p.m. on 6 February 1998 by two gunmen, who shot him three times with a 9 mm Beretta pistol.
The weapon had been stolen on 6 September 1997, when members of the National Liberation Front of Corsica stormed a gendarmerie barracks at Pietrosella.
[1] Corsican nationalist militant Yvan Colonna was suspected of the killing, and was arrested in 2003.
He was found guilty for the third time in June 2011 for the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.