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The prefect's role at that time (until the reform of the function in the 1980s) was to be the top representative of the national government as well as the chief administrator in a department (which can be compared to a county in most English-speaking nations). The prefect's office is known as the prefecture (préfecture).
Constantine removed active military command in 312. The prefect remained as chief quarter-master general responsible for the logistical supply of the army. The prefect was the chief financial officer whose office drew up the global imperial budget. His office drew up the state liturgical obligations laid on the richer inhabitants of the Empire.
Starting in the year 2 BC, the Praetorian prefect was the commanding officer of the Praetorian Guard (previously each cohort was independent and under the orders of a tribune of equestrian rank). This role (chief of all troops stationed in Rome), was in practice a key position of the Roman polity.
Prefect: Jérôme Filippini: 23 August 2022 President of the Departmental Council: Cyrille Melchior: 18 December 2017 President of the Regional Council: Huguette Bello: 2 July 2021 Rodrigues: Chief Commissioner: Johnson Roussety [38] 5 March 2022 Chief Executive: Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis [39] 21 March 2022 Sardinia: President: Christian Solinas ...
Maurice Grimaud (11 November 1913 – 16 July 2009) was the French Prefect of Police, or police chief, of the city of Paris during the May 1968 general strikes and student uprisings. [1] He is credited with avoiding an escalation of violence and bloodshed during the May 1968 unrest. [1] Grimaud was born in Annonay, Ardèche, on 11 November 1913 ...
The prefect of each prefecture was the highest civilian officer, being subordinate only to the emperor(s). The prefect was the superior of the vicars and governors. He was the chief appellate judge, head of the administration of the prefecture, chief finance officer, and chief tax collector (though the collection was actually done at municipal ...
Papon was appointed as the vice-chief of bureau to the central administration of the Ministry of Interior, before he was named, in February 1941, as vice-prefect, 1st class. The next month, he became Maurice Sabatier's general secretary and general secretary of the administration for the Interior Minister.
Aurora Rising (originally titled The Prefect) is a 2007 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It is the fifth novel set in the Revelation Space universe , and takes place prior to the four previously released Revelation Space novels, but after some of the short stories.