Richard Samuel (prefect)
# 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
