Richard Samuel (prefect)
Richard Samuel is a French civil servant.
He is a graduate of Institut d’études politiques de Paris.
Career
- 1978-1981 : École nationale d'administration
- 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
- : Officer of the Legion of Honour
- : Commandeur of the Ordre national du Mérite
- : Chevalier of the Ordre du Mérite agricole