René Bidal
René Bidal is a French senior civil servant. He served as High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia and earlier was Prefect of the departments of Eure, Pyrénées-Orientales, and Hautes-Pyrénées. He had previously served in a variety of positions in Eure-et-Loir, Landes, Finistère, Aveyron, Guingamp, Charente-Maritime, Hauts-de-Seine, Béthune, and Rhône.
He was named to his post as Prefect of Maine-et-Loire on 7 June 2019, succeeding Bernard Gonzalez, who had been named Prefect of Alpes-Maritimes.Civilian medals
