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
References "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, .
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External links , 2009 video from Interlanguage link multi Angers 7|fr channel (1 minute 46 seconds).