title: Richard Samuel (prefect)
text: # 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
  