Aurélien Adamski appointed Chief of Staff to the Prefect
By decree of 7 October 2026, Aurélien Adamski was appointed sub-prefect, chief of staff to the prefect, and State representative in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, for an initial term of three years. He succeeds Marie-Hildegarde Chauveau.
Aurélien Adamski had held the post of sub-prefect of Rochechouart, in Haute-Vienne, since 20 January 2025. During his career, he notably served at the Prefecture of Martinique, where he was head of the prevention and public order office from 2021 to 2025. Prior to that, he had held the post of Head of the Cabinet Office at the Prefecture of Ariège (2019–2021), having previously served as Secretary-General at the Sub-Prefecture of Condom (2017–2019). He also served as Head of the Regulatory Urban Planning and Taxation Department at the Regional and Interdepartmental Directorate for the Environment, Planning and Transport (DRIEAT) for Île-de-France from 2015 to 2017 and held the posts of employment policy officer at the General Delegation for Employment and Vocational Training (DGEFP), as well as editor and consular liaison officer at the Paris Police Prefecture.
A graduate of the Regional Institute of Administration (IRA) in Nantes, he undertook further training at the Institute of Public Management and Economic Development (IGPDE) and the Institute of Higher Studies of the Ministry of the Interior (IHEMI). He will officially take up his post in Saint-Martin on Tuesday 3 November. He is embarking on this new professional adventure, according to comments he posted on social media, “with great enthusiasm and with the same conviction: to serve the State and to be of service to those who live in and contribute to the life of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin”.
