Richard Didier
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Richard Didier is a French
civil servant and administrator. Didier served as the Administrator Superior
of Wallis and Futuna
for two years August 14, 2006 and August 2008.
Didier was marked with tensions and succession
struggles between several of Wallis and Futuna's royal families and clans following the death of Tomasi Kulimoetoke II
in 2007.
Didier left Wallis and Futuna for metropolitan France
in 2008. Didier was appointed the Prefect
of the Haute-Loire
(Upper Loire) department by the French Cabinet at a meeting on July 28, 2008. He was succeeded as Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna by Philippe Paolantoni
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
civil servant and administrator. Didier served as the Administrator Superior
Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna
The Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna is the representative of the President of the French Republic in Wallis and Futuna. The current Administrator is Michel Jeanjean...
of Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Rotuma of Fiji to the west, the main part of Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast,...
for two years August 14, 2006 and August 2008.
Didier was marked with tensions and succession
Order of succession
An order of succession is a formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant.-Monarchies and nobility:...
struggles between several of Wallis and Futuna's royal families and clans following the death of Tomasi Kulimoetoke II
Tomasi Kulimoetoke II
Tomasi Kulimoetoke II was the 50th Lavelua of Wallis Island, which is known as Uvea in the Wallisian language, one of the three traditional kingdoms in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna....
in 2007.
Didier left Wallis and Futuna for metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica...
in 2008. Didier was appointed the Prefect
Prefect
Prefect is a magisterial title of varying definition....
of the Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.-History:Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
(Upper Loire) department by the French Cabinet at a meeting on July 28, 2008. He was succeeded as Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna by Philippe Paolantoni
Philippe Paolantoni
Philippe Paolantoni is a French civil servant and administrator. Paolantoni was appointed the French Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna on Monday, July 28, 2008, succeeding his predecessor Richard Didier...
.