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Worldwide
Guide to Women in Leadership
FEMALE
GOVERNORS OF
FRENCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
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1658-59
Governor Marie Bonnard du Parquet of Martinique (French External
Territory) |
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After the death of her husband, governor Jacques Dyel du Parquet
(1635-46 and 1647-58), she took action to secure the island for
her sons, Jean-Jacques Dyel d'Esnambuc (8 years old) and Louis
Dyel du Parquet (5 years). She called an Island Council and got
the support of the church. Father Feuillent then embarked on a
journey to Paris to secure the succession by the king. At his
departure, she was appointed regent for her son, and on 22 July
1658 she presided over a session of the Conseil de la Martinique,
during which Gourselas was confirmed as Acting Governor. In August
another Council, presided over by Gourselas, deposed her, and she
was imprisoned and interrogated by one of the leaders of the
revolt, de Plainville. In September the French king named her
brother-in-law Adrien Dyel de Vaudroques, joint governor with her
until the majority of the boys. In October she was again
recognised as the head of the Island Council after a
contra-revolution. Leaving the government to Gourselas, she
departed for France, but she died
at sea. |
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1998-2000 Administrator-Superieur Brigitte Girardin, French Southern and
Antarctic Lands (French External Territory) |
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was administrator of the Terres Australes et Antarctique Francaises
25.3.1998-27.1.2000, Technical Advisor of the President of France
in Charge of Arctic Affairs 2002-2002,
Minister of Oversea's Affairs 2002-05
and from 2005
Minister-Delegate of Cooperation, Development and the Francophonie. (b. 1953-) |
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2005-08 High Commissioner Anne Boquet, French
Polynesia (French External Territory)
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Sous-Prefet of Loir-et-Cher, 1993-96 Secretary General of Polynésie
Française (Deputy High Commissioner), 1996-2000 Sous-prefect of Oise and
2000-02 Prefect of Indre. Also
civil servant in various ministries, latest as Director in the Ministry of
Overseas Affairs. Prefect of
Yvelines near Paris from 2008.(b. 1952-). |
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2013- Prefect of
Marcelle Pierrot, Guadeloupe (French External
Territory) |
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1993-95 Sous-préfète of Lunéville, 2000-03 Sous-préfèt d’Arles, 2006-07 Delegate Prefect in charge of Equality by the
Prefect of the Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur,
2007-09 Prefect
of Lot, 2009-11 of Tarn and 2011-13 of of Vosges.
Held a number of other
administrative posts. (b. 1949-) |
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2014-
Administrator-Superieur
Cécile Pozzo di Borgo,
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French External Territory), |
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Prefect of l'Aveyon 2011-14 before becoming
Administratrice supérieure des Terres australes et
antarctiques françaises from 2014.
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2015-
Delegate-Préfet Anne Laubies, Saint-Barthélemy
and Saint-Martin, (France) |
She is deputy to the
représentant de l’État
Civil Servant and
Secretary General of the Prefecture of Guyane
2009-13 and Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2013-15.
(b. 1953-). |
Last update 24.10.2014
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