Pierre-Marie Paoli, also known as Lamote, (31 December 1921 – 15 June 1946) was a French agent in the Gestapo.

[1] Pierre-Marie Paoli was born on 31 December 1921 in Aubigny-sur-Nere, France to a middle-class family, his father came from Algajola in Corsica.

When war in Europe was declared in September 1939, he decided to return to Aubigny for a short time, and then moved to Paris where he worked odd jobs.

He was put in charge of Gestapo section 4A over Berry province, the department in Cher that fought against the Communists.

He became a trusted agent of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), and led numerous operations against the French Resistance.

Anyone arrested by Paoli was either killed by the Gestapo in Bourges or sent to a Nazi concentration camp.