Prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

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The Prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands is the French government’s top representative responsible for administering and overseeing this remote overseas territory in the southern Indian Ocean and Antarctica.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French state representative ⓘ
administrative head of territory ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises ⓘ
appointedBy French Council of Ministers ⓘ
President of France ⓘ
belongsTo French civil service ⓘ
country France ⓘ
governs French Antarctic claim ⓘ
remote sub-Antarctic islands ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver territorial administrator of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ
hasSeat Saint-Pierre, Réunion ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes Adélie Land ⓘ
Amsterdam Island ⓘ
Crozet Islands ⓘ
French Southern Territories exclusive economic zone ⓘ
Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Saint-Paul Island ⓘ
Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
legalBasis French law ⓘ
decrees of the French government ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+4 ⓘ
officeHolderRole chief administrator of the territory ⓘ
representative of the French state ⓘ
top representative of the French government in the territory ⓘ
officeType overseas prefecture ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
oversees application of international environmental agreements in the territory ⓘ
logistical support for polar missions ⓘ
protection of natural reserves in the territory ⓘ
scientific research activities in the territory ⓘ
partOf French overseas administration ⓘ
French prefectural corps ⓘ
reportsTo French Minister of the Interior ⓘ
French central government ⓘ
requires French nationality ⓘ
responsibleFor civil administration of uninhabited districts ⓘ
coordination of state services in the territory ⓘ
environmental protection policies in the territory ⓘ
fisheries control in the territory ⓘ
implementation of French laws in the territory ⓘ
management of scientific bases and logistics support ⓘ
maritime surveillance in the territory ⓘ
public order in the territory ⓘ
representation of France in international matters related to the territory ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment, not election ⓘ
termLength not fixed by popular election ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Southern and Antarctic Lands → governingBody → Prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ
Île de Croÿ → governedBy → administration of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ
linked to: Prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
TAAF → governingBody → Prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ
Adélie Land → governingBody → Administration des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises ⓘ
linked to: Prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Saint-Paul Island → governingBody → Administrateur supérieur des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises ⓘ
linked to: Prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands