[3] He was an advisor to Abdelkader Barakrok, the Secretary of State for French Algeria, from 1957 to 1958.
[2] In 1963, Aurillac joined then-Prime Minister Georges Pompidou's cabinet as an advisor.
[2] He was subsequently Pierre Messmer's advisor and Michel Poniatowski's chief of staff.
[3] Aurillac joined the Rally for the Republic, a centre-right political party.
He won the Prix Narcisse Michaut from the Académie française for his 1987 book Le royaume oublié.