Adolphe Colrat Explained

Adolphe Colrat
Office:Prefect of Alpes-Maritimes
Term Start:20 June 2013[1]
Term End:3 November 2016
Predecessor:Christophe Mirmand
Successor:Georges-François Leclerc
Office2:Prefect of Manche
Term Start2:22 July 2011[2]
Term End2:20 June 2013
Predecessor2:Jean-Pierre Laflaquière
Successor2:Danièle Polvé-Montmasson
Office3:Prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle
Term Start3:23 December 2010[3]
Term End3:22 July 2011
Predecessor3:Dominique Bellion
Successor3:Raphaël Bartolt
Office4:High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
Term Start4:13 June 2008[4]
Term End4:23 December 2010
Predecessor4:Anne Boquet
Successor4:Richard Didier
Office5:Prefect of Ardennes
Term Start5:9 January 2004[5]
Term End5:28 August 2006
Predecessor5:Bernard Lemaire
Successor5:Catherine Delmas-Comolli
Birth Date:25 April 1955
Birth Place:Lyon, Rhône, France
Nationality: French
Alma Mater:

Adolphe Colrat (born 15 April 1955 in Lyon, France) is a French senior civil servant who served as the French High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia from 2008 to 2011. He succeeded Anne Boquet in the post.

Early life

Colrat grew up in Lyon.[6] He is a graduate of the École normale supérieure (rue d'Ulm), agrégé de lettres classiques, graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and of the National School of Public Administration (France) (ENA).[6]

Career

Colrat held the post of chief of staff for the French police commissioner in Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, from 1983 until 1985. He served as the prefecture secretary general in Réunion beginning in 1992.

Colrat served as the head of civil protection at the Prefecture of the French capital, Paris from April 2001 until February 2004.[7] He served as the Prefect of the Ardennes department from 2004 until 2006.[7]

Colrat later became temporary director of political, administrative and financial affairs at the French Ministry for Overseas Territories for two years from August 2006 until 2008.

High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia

Colrat was appointed High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia by the Sarkozy government in June 2008.[8] His predecessor, Anne Boquet, departed French Polynesia on 29 June 2008, after serving three years as the first female High Commissioner.[9]

He arrived in French Polynesia with his wife on Saturday night of 5 July 2008 to assume his position as High Commissioner.[9] Colrat was greeted at the Faa'a International Airport in Papeete by French Polynesian President Gaston Tong Sang, members of the Assembly of French Polynesia and other local Tahitian-based politicians.[9] He was sworn in as High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia on Monday 7 July 2008.[9]

Honours and decorations

National honours

Ribbon bar Honour
Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour[10]
Commandeur of the National Order of Merit[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Décret du 20 juin 2013 portant nomination du préfet des Alpes-Maritimes (hors classe) - M. COLRAT (Adolphe). Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. 8 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Décret du 22 juillet 2011 portant nomination du préfet de la Manche - M. Colrat (Adolphe). Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. 8 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Décret du 23 décembre 2010 portant nomination du préfet de Meurthe-et-Moselle - M. Colrat (Adolphe). Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. 8 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Décret du 13 juin 2008 portant nomination d'un haut-commissaire de la République - M. Colrat (Adolphe). Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. 8 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Décret du 9 janvier 2004 portant nomination d'un préfet. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. 8 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Adolphe Colrat, les Lettres de l'Etat . Le Semaine . Pierre Taribo . 30 January 2011 . French . 14 January 2021.
  7. Web site: OFFICIAL URGES STABILITY IN FRENCH POLYNESIA . Pacific Islands Report . 1 July 2008 . 14 January 2021.
  8. Web site: NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER IN TAHITI APPOINTED . Pacific Islands Report . 16 June 2008 . 14 January 2021.
  9. News: New French High Commissioner Takes Tahiti Post . . . 2008-07-07 . 2009-01-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126213618/http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2008/July/07-08-12.htm . January 26, 2016 .
  10. Web site: Décret du 12 juillet 2013 portant promotion et nomination. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. 8 June 2019.
  11. Web site: Décret du 2 mai 2017 portant promotion et nomination. Government of the French Republic. legifrance.gouv.fr. 8 June 2019.