Jean-Jacques Brot (January 27, 1956, Paris) is a senior French civil servant. He is prefect of Yvelines from April 4, 2018, to March 4, 2024. He is known for having been in charge of the coordination mission for the reception of Syrian and Iraqi refugees under the Director General of Foreigners in France from 2015 to 2017 (refugees from the Syrian civil war).

Biography

After secondary studies at the

Lycée Buffon The Lycée Buffon is a secondary school in the XVe arrondissement of Paris, bordered by boulevard Pasteur, the rue de Vaugirard and the rue de Staël. Its nearest métro station is Pasteur. It is named for Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffo ...

and Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, Jean-Jacques Brot then graduated from

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

(1977) and

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(1979). Jean-Jacques Brot graduated from the École nationale d'administration in 1983. Upon leaving the École nationale d'administration, Jean-Jacques Brot joined the

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as Secretary of Foreign Affairs. He held the position of second and then first secretary at the French Embassy in Japan from 1983 to 1986. He joined the prefectural body in 1988, in which he was made prefect in 2004. Between 2002 and 2010, he was successively prefect of Mayotte, Deux-Sèvres,

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and Eure-et-Loir. Appointed prefect of Vendée on February 15, 2010, he had to face, a few days after his arrival in the department, the tragedy caused by

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in the communes of La Faute-sur-Mer and L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer. He was then appointed prefect of Finistère in 2011 until 2013. He was prefect of Yvelines from April 4, 2018, until March 2024.

Awards

* Officer of the Legion of Honour. He was knighted on December 31, 2002, and was promoted to officer on March 29, 2013. * Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite. He was knighted on November 10, 199839, he was promoted to officer on May 7, 2007, and was made commander on November 25, 2021.Décret du 24 novembre 2021 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite
/ref> * Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques * Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit * Officer of Arts and Letters (2020) * National Defense Medal, bronze level * Medal for youth, sports and community involvement, gold *

Medal for internal security The Medal for internal security (french: Médaille de la sécurité intérieure) is a French civil and military medal established by Decree No. 2012-424 of 28 March 2012. Description The Medal for internal security is awarded to by the Ministry of ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brot, Jean-Jacques 1956 births Living people Lycée Buffon alumni Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni HEC Paris alumni Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Prefects of Mayotte Prefects of Deux-Sèvres Prefects of Guadeloupe Prefects of Eure-et-Loir Prefects of Vendée Prefects of Finistère Prefects of Yvelines High commissioners of New Caledonia Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Legion of Honour Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Officers of the Order of Agricultural Merit Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres