Richard Samuel (prefect)

French civil servant (born 1952)

Richard Samuel
Richard Samuel in September 2012
Born	(1952-01-20) 20 January 1952 (age 72) Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Education	Sciences Po, ÉNA
Occupation	Prefect

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

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

(in French) "Samuel, Richard, Sébastien, Robert, Michel" (prefect, born in 1952), page 1972 in Who's Who in France : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l’étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 44th edition for 2013 édited in 2012, 2371 p., 31 cm, ISBN 978-2-85784-053-4 .

"Richard Samuel, new prefect of Maine-et-Loire" on YouTube, 2009 video from Angers 7 [fr] channel (1 minute 46 seconds). (in French)

Political offices
Preceded by Bernard Fitoussi	Prefect of Meuse 2003–	Succeeded by Michel Lafon
Preceded by Jacques Laisne	Prefect of Eure 2007–	Succeeded by Fabienne Buccio
Preceded by Marc Cabane	Prefect of Maine-et-Loire 2009–	Succeeded by François Burdeyron
Preceded by Éric Le Douaron [fr]	Prefect of Isère 2012–	Succeeded by Still holding