Jacques Billant

Jacques Billant (born 20 January 1960 in Auch, France) is a French senior civil servant and current Prefect of Réunion.

Jacques Billant
Prefect of Réunion[1]
Assumed office
7 June 2019[1]
Preceded byAmaury de Saint-Quentin
Prefect of Puy-de-Dôme[2]
In office
4 September 2017[2]  10 December 2018
Preceded byDanièle Polvé-Montmasson
Succeeded byAnne-Gaëlle Baudouin-Clerc
Prefect of Guadeloupe[3]
In office
12 November 2014[1]  4 September 2017
Preceded byMarcelle Pierrot
Succeeded byÉric Maire
Personal details
Born (1960-01-20) 20 January 1960
Auch, Gers, France[4]
Nationality French

Jacques Billant graduated from the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr[5] in 1983[6] In 2015, the Council of Ministers, appointed Billant as the Prefect of Guadeloupe and representative of the State in the communities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.[2] He remained in post until his appointment as head of the Prefecture of Puy-de-Dôme on 4 September 2017.[2] In December 2018, Billant joined the Ministry of Agriculture as Director of the Cabinet to Minister Didier Guillaume.[7]

As of 7 June 2019, Billant is the Prefect of Réunion.[1] Prefects not only represent the State, but also handle the non-military aspects of crises.[8] Jacques Billant is therefore in charge of the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Réunion.

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