Adolphe Colrat

Adolphe Colrat (born 15 April 1955 in Lyon, France) is a French senior civil servant who served as the French High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 2008 to 2011. He succeeded Anne Boquet in the post.

Early life Colrat grew up in Lyon. He is a graduate of the École normale supérieure (rue d'Ulm), agrégé de lettres classiques, graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and of the National School of Public Administration (France) (ENA). He served as the Prefect of the Ardennes department from 2004 until 2006. His predecessor, Anne Boquet, departed French Polynesia on 29 June 2008, after serving three years as the first female High Commissioner.

He arrived in French Polynesia with his wife on Saturday night of 5 July 2008 to assume his position as High Commissioner.

Commandeur of the National Order of Merit