René Bidal (born 28 January 1960 in Béziers, France) is a French senior civil servant. He served as High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia and earlier was Prefect of the departments of Eure, Pyrénées-Orientales, and Hautes-Pyrénées. He had previously served in a variety of positions in Eure-et-Loir (1986–89), Landes (1992–93), Finistère (1993–96), Aveyron (1996–98), Guingamp (1998–2000), Charente-Maritime (2000–03), Hauts-de-Seine (2003–06), Béthune (2006–08), and Rhône (2008–10).
He was named to his post as Prefect of Maine-et-Loire on 7 June 2019, succeeding Bernard Gonzalez, who had been named Prefect of Alpes-Maritimes.
Honours and decorations National honours Ribbon bar Honour Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour Officer of the National Order of Merit
Ministerial honours Ribbon bar Honour Officer of the Order of Academic Palms Knight of the Order of Maritime Merit Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit
Civilian medals Ribbon bar Honour Honour medal of the National Police Medal of youth and sports
References
External links Biography at Ministry of Overseas France Biography at Government of French Polynesia