Jacques Billant
Jacques Billant is a French senior civil servant and current Prefect of Réunion.
Jacques Billant graduated from the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr in 1983 In 2015, the Council of Ministers, appointed Billant as the Prefect of Guadeloupe and representative of the State in the communities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin. He remained in post until his appointment as head of the Prefecture of Puy-de-Dôme on 4 September 2017. In December 2018, Billant joined the Ministry of Agriculture as Director of the Cabinet to Minister Didier Guillaume.
As of 7 June 2019, Billant is the Prefect of Réunion.. Prefects not only represent the State, but also handle the non-military aspects of crises. Jacques Billant is therefore in charge of the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Réunion.
