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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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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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