Thomas Degos (born 28 December 1971) is a French official. He was the Prefect of Mayotte from 21 July 2011, having succeeded acting Prefect Patrick Duprat, to 30 January 2013. He was succeeded by

Jacques Witkowski Jacques Witkowski (born 21 January 1963) is a French civil servant. From 30 January 2013 until 30 July 2014 he served as the Prefect of Mayotte. He was succeeded by Seymour Morsy. Honours Witkowski is a recipient of the Legion of Honour ...

Early life

Thomas Degos wa born 28 December 1971 in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

, France. He attended Stanislas College between 1982 and 1989. From 1989 to 1991, he attended a preparatory class for the Grandes Ecoles at Stanislas (hypokhâgne S and Khâgne S). He obtained a degree in history and a master's degree in literature from the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) in 1994. He was admitted to

Sciences Po Aix Sciences Po Aix, also referred to as Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, is a ''Grande École'' of political studies located in Aix-en-Provence, in the Provence region of southern France. It is placed under the administration of Aix- ...

in 1992, public service section, and left in 1994. From that date, he followed a DEA in philosophy at the École des

School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (, EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The school awards Master and PhD degrees alone and conjo ...

, then he began a thesis in philosophy under the direction of

Pierre Manent Pierre Manent (; born 6 May 1949) is a French political scientist and academic. He teaches political philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, in the Centre de recherches politiques Raymond Aron. Every autumn, he is also ...

. At that time, he followed the seminars of

Marcel Gauchet Marcel Gauchet (; born 1946) is a French historian, philosopher, and sociologist. He is professor emeritus of the Centre de recherches politiques Raymond Aron at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and former head of the periodic ...

. He was admitted in 1996 to the Regional Institute of Administration in Lille. He was admitted the same year 1996 to the

École nationale d'administration The (; ENA; ) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by the then Provisional Government of the French Republic, provisional chief of government Charles de Gaulle and principal co-author of the Constitution of France, 1958 Constitution M ...

, in the Cyrano de Bergerac promotion (1997-1999).

Career

He joined the body of civil administrators, sub-prefect, director of the cabinet of the prefect of Pyrénées-Orientales. He was the Prefect of Mayotte from 21 July 2011, having succeeded acting Prefect Patrick Duprat, to 30 January 2013. He was succeeded by

Personal life

Married, he has three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Degos, Thomas Prefects of Mayotte French civil servants Living people Mayotte people Year of birth missing (living people) 1971 births People from Neuilly-sur-Seine