{{short description|French official}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Patrice Latron | image = | caption = | office = Crisis Director COVID-19 pandemic in French Guiana | term_start = 5 July 2020 | term_end = | office2 = Prefect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | term_start2 = 17 November 2011 | term_end2 = 2 September 2014 | predecessor2 = Jean-Régis Borius | successor2 = Jean-Christophe Bouvier | office3 = Prefect of Yonne | term_start3 = 28 July 2017 | term_end3 = 5 January 2020 | predecessor3 = Jean-Christophe Moraud | successor3 = Henri Prevost | birth_name = Partice Paul Marie Latron | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1961|7|27}} | birth_place = Bida, Eraguene, Algeria | siblings = | occupation = | yearsactive = }} '''Patrice Latron''' (born 27 July 1961 in Bida, Eraguene, Algeria) is a French senior civil servant, former prefect, and the Crisis Director for the COVID-19 pandemic in French Guiana.
==Biography== Patrice Paul Marie Latron graduated from the University of Nanterre with an associate degree in English. In 1983, he graduated from the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr.<ref name="auxterre">{{cite news|url=http://www.auxerretv.com/content/index.php?post/2017/07/28/Le-pr%C3%A9fet-de-l-Yonne-Jean-Christophe-Moraud-s-en-va|title=Le préfet de l'Yonne Jean-Christophe Moraud s'en va, Patrice Latron arrive|website=Auxerre TV|access-date=5 July 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
Between July 1994 and May 1995,<ref name="qui_est">{{cite news|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/yonne/auxerre/qui-est-patrice-latron-nouveau-prefet-yonne-1314467.html|title=Qui est Patrice Latron, le nouveau préfet dans l'Yonne ?|website=La 3ième, Bourgogne Franche-Comté|access-date=5 July 2020|language=fr}}</ref> Latron was appointed as ''aide-de-camp'' (personal assistant) to Prime Minister Édouard Balladur and served Alain Juppé between May 1995 until June 1997.<ref name="auxterre"/><ref name="qui_est"/>
Between 17 November 2011 and 2 September 2014, Latron was the Prefect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/2014/07/30/des-nouvelles-nominations-de-prefets-dans-les-outre-mer-173188.html|title=Des nouvelles nominations de préfets dans les Outre-mer|website=La 1ère|access-date=5 July 2020|language=fr}}</ref> Between 28 July 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000035315963&fastPos=1&fastReqId=1307862010&categorieLien=id&oldAction=rechTexte|title=Décret du 28 juillet 2017 portant nomination du préfet de l'Yonne - M. LATRON (Patrice)|website=Government of the French Republic|access-date=5 July 2020|language=fr}}</ref> and 5 January 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000039481864&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|title=Décret du 11 décembre 2019 portant nomination du préfet de l'Yonne - M. PREVOST (Henri)|website=Government of the French Republic|language=fr|access-date=5 July 2020}}</ref> Latron was the Prefect of Yonne.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.auxerretv.com/content/index.php?post/2017/08/21/Pr%C3%A9fecture-de-l-Yonne-%3A-bonjour-et-bienvenue-M.-le-pr%C3%A9fet|title=Préfecture de l'Yonne : bonjour et bienvenue M. le préfet|website=Auxerre TV|access-date=5 July 2020|language=fr}}</ref> On 11 December 2019, he was appointed government advisor, responsible for the deployment of the ''Service national universel'' (civil conscription).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000039481900&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id|title=Décret du 11 décembre 2019 portant nomination d'un conseiller du Gouvernement - M. LATRON (Patrice)|website=Government of the French Republic|access-date=5 July 2020|language=fr}}</ref> On 12 November 2020, Latron was relieved as advisor at his own request.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gouvernement.fr/conseil-des-ministres/2020-11-10 |title=Compte rendu du Conseil des ministres du 10 novembre 2020|website=Government of France |access-date=17 April 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
On 5 July 2020, it was announced that Latron had been appointed as the Crisis Director for the COVID-19 pandemic in French Guiana. As Crisis Director, he will work with Prefect Marc Del Grande and the Director General of ARS Guyane in the crisis management team and will be in permanent contact with crisis center in Paris.<ref name="latron">{{cite news|url=https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/sante/coronavirus/covid-19-le-prefet-patrice-latron-nomme-directeur-de-crise-en-guyane-470077.php |title=Covid-19 : le préfet Patrice Latron nommé directeur de crise en Guyane |website=France Guyane.fr|access-date=5 July 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
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