Richard Didier

Richard Didier
High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
In office
23 December 2010  1 August 2012
Preceded byAdolphe Colrat
Succeeded byJean-Pierre Laflaquière
Prefect of Haute-Loire
In office
28 July 2008  23 December 2010
Preceded byChristophe Mirmand
Succeeded byDenis Conus
Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna
In office
20 July 2006  28 July 2008
Preceded byXavier de Fürst
Succeeded byPhilippe Paolantoni
Personal details
Born (1961-02-23) 23 February 1961
Chatou, Yvelines, France
Nationality French
Alma mater

Richard Didier (born 23 February 1961 in Chatou, France) is a French senior civil servant. He served as the Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna for two years, from 2006 to 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 28 July 2008. He was succeeded as Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna by Philippe Paolantoni.

He is currently Prefect without assignment.