Richard Samuel (prefect)

Richard Samuel (born 20 January 1952 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French civil servant.

He is a graduate of Institut d’études politiques de Paris (IEP Paris).

Career

 * 1978-1981 (promotion Droits de l’homme) : École nationale d'administration (ÉNA)
 * On 2 May 1988: sub-prefect of Clermont, Oise, Picardy
 * On 24 March 1993: sub-prefect of Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes
 * On 16 December 1999: sub-prefect of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy
 * On 4 August 2003: prefect of Meuse in Bar-le-Duc
 * On 25 August 2005: in charge of victims of West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
 * On 9 July 2007: prefect of Eure in Évreux
 * On 26 November 2009: prefect of Maine-et-Loire in Angers
 * On 1 August 2012: prefect of Isère in Grenoble

Honours and awards

 * 🇫🇷 France: Officer of the Legion of Honour (2014)
 * 🇫🇷 France: Commandeur of the Ordre national du Mérite (2011)
 * 🇫🇷 France: Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre du Mérite agricole