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- ↑ "Monsieur Patrick Duprat" (PDF) (in French). Prefecture de Mayotte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2011.
- ↑ WorldStatesmen.org
- ↑ "Le Prefet". Prefecture de Mayotte. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.
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