Richard Samuel (born 20 January 1952 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French civil servant.
He is graduate of Institut d’études politiques de Paris (IEP Paris).
1978-1981 (promotion Droits de l’homme) : École nationale d'administration (ENA)
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: Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour
France: Commandeur of the Ordre national du Mérite (2011)
France: Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre du Mérite agricole
