Richard Samuel

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 Officer of the Legion of Honour (2014) Commandeur of the Ordre national du Mérite (2011) Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre du Mérite agricole