Lionel Beffre

Lionel Beffre
Speech in February 2012
Prefect of Seine-et-Marne
In office
19 juillet 2021 – 3 août 2023
Preceded byThierry Coudert
Succeeded byPierre Ory
High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
In office
22 August 2013[1] – 6 May 2016
Preceded byJean-Pierre Laflaquière
Succeeded byRené Bidal
Prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
In office
11 January 2012[2] – 22 August 2013
Preceded byFrançois-Xavier Ceccaldi
Succeeded byPierre-André Durand
Prefect of Eure-et-Loir
In office
21 January 2010[3] – 11 January 2012
Preceded byJean-Jacques Brot
Succeeded byDidier Martin
Prefect of Lot-et-Garonne
In office
5 Juillet 2007[4] – 21 January 2010
Preceded byRémi Thuau
Succeeded byBernard Schmeltz
Prefect of Isère
In office
6 May 2016[5] – 2021
Preceded byJean-Paul Bonnetain
Succeeded byLaurent Prévost
Personal details
Born (1964-01-20) 20 January 1964 (age 60)
Decazeville, France
NationalityFrance French
Alma mater
  • Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris

Lionel Beffre (born 20 January 1964) is a French senior civil servant. He was the High Commissioner in French Polynesia from 2013 to 2016, when he was appointed to his current role. He was preceded as High Commissioner by Jean-Pierre Laflaquière and succeeded by René Bidal.[6] He is the former prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[7]

Honours and decorations

National honours

Ribbon bar Honour[8]
Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
Officer of the National Order of Merit

Ministerial honours

Ribbon bar Honour[8]
Knight of the Order of Academic Palms
Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit

Civilian medals

Ribbon bar Honour
Silver Honour medal of the Prison Service

References

  1. ^ Government of the French Republic. "Décret du 22 août 2013 portant nomination du haut-commissaire de la République en Polynésie française - M. BEFFRE (Lionel)". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ^ Government of the French Republic. "Décret du 11 janvier 2012 portant nomination du préfet des Pyrénées-Atlantiques - M. Beffre (Lionel)". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. ^ Government of the French Republic. "Décret du 21 janvier 2010 portant nomination du préfet d'Eure-et-Loir - M. BEFFRE (Lionel)". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. ^ Government of the French Republic. "Décret du 5 juillet 2007 portant nomination du préfet de Lot-et-Garonne - M. Beffre (Lionel)". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. ^ Government of the French Republic. "Décret du 6 mai 2016 portant nomination du préfet de l'Isère (hors classe) - M. BEFFRE (Lionel)". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. ^ Armand, Élodie (May 4, 2016). "Le préfet de l'Eure, René Bidal, nommé en Polynésie française" (in French). Normandie Actu. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  7. ^ "Lionel Beffre est le nouveau Haut-Commissaire de Polynésie française". Tahiti Infos (in French). August 22, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  8. ^ a b Prefecture of Isère. "Curriculum Vitae Lionel Beffre Préfet Isère" (PDF). isere.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 June 2019.