Michel Pierre Marie Mathieu (born 25 July 1944 in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

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, died 1 October 2010 in France) was a French senior civil servant. He was High Commissioner of

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from 2005 to 2007 when he notoriously resigned after a disagreement with then Overseas Secretary

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. He served previously as High Commissioner of the Republic in

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(''Le Haut-Commissaire de la République en Polynésie française'') from 2001 to 2005, when he was succeeded by

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. He died in 2010.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathieu, Michel 1944 births 2010 deaths High Commissioners of New Caledonia High Commissioners of the Republic in French Polynesia Deaths from cancer in France Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite French civil servants