Lorient is a town (commune) and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France.
The Maritime Gendarmerie is a component of the French National Gendarmerie under operational control of the chief of staff of the French Navy. It employs 1,157 personnel and operates around thirty patrol boats and high-speed motorboats distributed on the littoral waterways of France. Like their land-based colleagues the Gendarmes Maritime are military personnel who carry out policing operations in addition to their primary role as a coast guard service. They also carry out provost duties within the French Navy.
The Minister of Transport is a cabinet member in the Government of France. The post is currently that of a junior minister within the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion.
The Minister of the Overseas is the official in charge of the Ministry of the Overseas in the Government of the French Republic,responsible for overseeing Overseas France. The office was titled Minister of the Colonies until 1946.
The Minister of Public Works was a cabinet member in the Government of France. Formerly known as "Ministre des Travaux Publics" (1830–1870),in 1870,it was largely subsumed by the position of Minister of Transportation. Since the 1960s,the positions of Minister of Public Works has reappeared,often linked with Minister of Housing ("Logement"). It has also been linked to Minister of Transportation,Minister of Tourism,Minister of Territorial Development and Minister of the Sea.
Fabrice Abriel is a French professional football manager and former player who works as the head coach of Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain Féminine. During his playing career as a midfielder,he played for Paris Saint-Germain,Servette,Amiens,Guingamp,Lorient,Marseille,Nice and Valenciennes.
Marie-Huguette Antoinette Bello is a French politician and teacher from Réunion who has served as president of the Regional Council of Réunion since 2021. Bello is the founder of the left-wing For Réunion political party,having previously been a member of the Communist Party of Réunion until the foundation of For Réunion in 2012.
Choguel Kokalla Maïga is a Malian politician,who served as the 18th prime minister of Mali from 2021 until his firing by Interim President Assimi Goïta in November 2024. He served in the government as Minister of Industry and Trade from 2002 to 2007 and later as Minister of the Digital Economy,Information and Communication from 2015 to 2016.
Louis Le Pensec was a French politician. He was a member of the Socialist Party. Between 1973 and 1997,he was a member of the Parliament.
Antoine Jean Marie Thévenard was a French politician and vice admiral. He served in the French ruling regimes of Louis XVI,those of the Revolution,Napoleon I and Louis XVIII,and is buried at the Panthéon de Paris. His son Antoine-RenéThévenard,capitaine de vaisseau,was killed at the Battle of Aboukir whilst commanding the 74-gun Aquilon.
Annick Girardin is a French politician of the Radical Party who served as Minister of the Sea in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022),Minister of Overseas France in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe (2017–2020) and Junior Minister for Development and Francophonie in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls (2014–2018). She had represented the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon in the French Parliament,in National Assembly from 2007 to 2014,and in the Senate from 2023 to 2024.
Philippe Vigier is a French politician who served as Minister Delegate for the Overseas in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2023 to 2024.
Overseas France consists of 13 French territories outside Europe,mostly the remnants of the French colonial empire that remained a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonisation. Most,but not all are part of the European Union.
Jean-Noël Barrot is a French politician who has served as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier since 21 September 2024. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem),he previously served as Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications in the government of Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2024 and Minister Delegate for European Affairs in the government of Gabriel Attal in 2024.
The Together for the Republic Group,previously La République En Marche group until 2022 and as Renaissance Deputies until 2024,is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly of France including representatives of Renaissance. It was formed following the 2017 legislative election.
Lucien Gourong was a French writer,singer,and storyteller.
Premier-Maître L'Her (F792) was a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy.
Commandant Birot (F796) is a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso in the French Navy.
Régis Le Bris is a French football manager and former footballer who is currently the head coach of EFL Championship club Sunderland.
Jean-François Carenco is a French civil servant and politician who served as Minister Delegate for the Overseas in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2023. Following his appointment by President François Hollande,he previously served as president of the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) from 2017 to 2022.
