Patrice Faure
{{Short description|French civil servant (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Patrice Faure
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| office = Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra
| primeminister = Xavier Espot Zamora
| term_start = 20 November 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Patrick Strzoda
| successor =
| office1 = High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia
| term_start1 = 6 June 2021
| term_end1 = 6 February 2023
| predecessor1 = Laurent Prévost
| successor1 = Louis Le Franc
| office2 = Prefect of French Guiana
| term_start2 = 28 August 2017
| term_end2 = 10 July 2019
| predecessor2 = Martin Jaeger
| successor2 = Marc Del Grande
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}
| birth_place = Crest, Drôme, France
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| profession = Civil servant
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Patrice Faure (born 1967) is a French civil servant. He is the current representative of the Co-Prince of Andorra, Emmanuel Macron, serving since November 2024. He previously served as Macron's chief of staff and as the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, among other roles.
Biography
Faure was born in 1967 in Crest, Drôme, France.{{Cite news|url=https://www.diariandorra.ad/nacional/241120/patrice-faure-nomenat-representant-personal-coprincep-frances_162226.html|newspaper=Diari d'Andorra|language=Catalan|title=Patrice Faure és nomenat representant personal del Copríncep francès|trans-title=Patrice Faure is appointed personal representative of the French Co-Prince}} He attended the École militaire interarmes and {{ill|École d'état-major|fr}} and holds master's degrees in mathematics and history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.morbihan.gouv.fr/contenu/telechargement/42405/308450/file/2019_08_cv+patrice+faure.pdf|website=morbihan.gouv.fr|language=French|title=Patrice Faure|publisher=Government of Morbihan|date=August 2019}} He was trained at the National Active Non-Commissioned Officers School from 1986 to 1987 and was a non-commissioned officer from 1987 to 1991, then an officer for the French Army from 1991 to 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ille-et-vilaine.gouv.fr/contenu/telechargement/21533/149838/file/CV+PATRICE+FAURE+SG35.pdf|website=ille-et-vilaine.gouv.fr|language=French|publisher=Government of Ille-et-Vilaine|date=2014|title=Patrice Faure}} He commanded a unit of 155 paratroopers and taught at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr from 1996 to 1998.{{Cite news|url=https://archive.today/20250313234245/https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/morbihan/patrice-faure-nouveau-prefet-du-morbihan-6439387|newspaper=Ouest-France|language=French|via=archive.today|title=Patrice Faure nouveau préfet du Morbihan |date=10 July 2019|trans-title=Patrice Faure, new prefect of Morbihan}}
In 2002, Faure joined the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), France's intelligence agency, and worked there until becoming a deputy chief of staff in the Ministry of Overseas France in 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/patrice-faure-des-prefectures-d-outre-mer-au-cabinet-d-emmanuel-macron-1453445.html|publisher=La Première|title=Patrice Faure, des préfectures d'Outre-mer au cabinet d'Emmanuel Macron|author=Menu, Quentin|date=2 January 2024|trans-title=Patrice Faure, from the Overseas Prefectures to Emmanuel Macron's Cabinet|language=French}} In 2006, he was moved to Mayotte and became the chief of staff to the Prefect of Mayotte. After two years, he returned to France and was named the chief of staff to the Minister of the Overseas. He later worked 18 months in the private sector.
In October 2011, Faure entered the Directorate of Civil Security and Crisis Management. He became Secretary General for the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in July 2014 and then served as a director for the Paris Police Prefecture starting in July 2016. In August 2017, he was appointed as the Prefect of French Guiana. As Prefect of French Guiana, he focused on combating drug trafficking and illegal mining, and dealt with the aftermath of a social unrest that "paralyzed the region," according to La Première. After having served two years in French Guiana, he was appointed the Prefect of Morbihan on 10 July 2019.
Faure served as Prefect of Morbihan for two years, before being named the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia in 2021. He dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic and helped to organize the 2021 New Caledonian independence referendum in this position. He was succeeded by Louis Le Franc in 2023. In January 2024, he was appointed chief of staff to French President Emmanuel Macron.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/506115/former-new-caledonia-based-high-commissioner-appointed-french-president-s-chief-of-staff|publisher=Radio New Zealand|title=Former New Caledonia-based High Commissioner appointed French President’s Chief of Staff|author=Decloitre, Patrick|date=7 January 2024}} In November, he was named the Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra.
Private life
Faure is married to Sandrine Michalon who is a subprefect. They have six children.[https://www.ille-et-vilaine.gouv.fr/contenu/telechargement/21533/149838/file/CV+PATRICE+FAURE+SG35.pdf Fiche] on the Ille-et-Vilaine website