Georges Villiers (15 June 1899 – 13 April 1982) was a French mining engineer who was Mayor of Lyon during World War II (1939–45), then was deported to Dachau.

He joined the Société de Constructions métalliques Derobert et Cie as a research engineer.

[2] In 1936 he was appointed president of the Chambre syndicale de la métallurgie du Rhône.

[1] During World War II, Édouard Herriot was dismissed from his office as mayor of Lyon.

Pierre Bertrand, a Lyon surgeon, was appointed to replace Villiers on 10 February 1943.

"[10] 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).