# Prefect of Ain

The Prefect of Ain is the highest state representative in the department of Ain on the East border of France. Its seat is in Bourg-en-Bresse.
The office was created in 1800 under Napoléon Bonaparte, then First Consul of the French First Republic, to ensure the representation of the state in the departements and the full application of the national law. Under the Fifth Republic, the powers of a Prefect are governed by article 72 of the Constitution, completed by Law 1992-125 and Decrees 2004-374 and 2010–146.

## List of Prefects of Ain

| Term start | Term end | Office holder |
| French First Republic |||
| 2 March 1800 | 10 March 1800 | Jacques Hyacinthe Fabry |
| 10 March 1800 | 23 July 1802 | Jean Antoine Ozun |
| 23 July 1802 | 1 February 1805 | Patrice Charles Gislain de Coninck |
| French First Empire |||
| 1 February 1805 | 12 February 1810 | Joseph Aurèle Charles de Bossi |
| 12 February 1810 | 10 June 1814 | Léonard Philippe Rivet |
| 10 June 1814 | 14 March 1815 | Guillaume Antoine Benoît Capelle |
| 14 March 1815 | 22 March 1815 | Pierre Joseph Marie Baude |
| 22 March 1815 | 6 April 1815 | André Pierre Étienne Abrial |
| 6 April 1815 | 14 July 1815 | Pierre Joseph Marie Baude |
| Kingdom of France |||
| 14 July 1815 | 19 July 1820 | Emmanuel Jean François Camus du Martroy |
| 19 July 1820 | 12 August 1830 | Jean-Baptiste de Rogniat |
| Kingdom of the French |||
| 12 August 1830 | 12 March 1831 | Paul François Tondu |
| 12 March 1831 | 8 June 1832 | Christophe Alexis Adrien de Jussieu |
| 8 June 1832 | 14 July 1833 | Guillaume Bellon |
| 14 July 1833 | 25 May 1834 | Charles Marchand-Dubreuil |
| 25 May 1834 | 23 July 1837 | Hippolyte Paul Jayr |
| 23 July 1837 | 10 August 1839 | Louis Pierre Adrien Bonnet |
| 10 August 1839 | 18 March 1841 | Christophe Alexis Adrien de Jussieu |
| 18 March 1841 | 9 July 1843 | Guillaume Philippe Rébut de la Rhoëllerie |
| 9 July 1843 | 15 December 1846 | Jean Pierre Marquier |
| 15 December 1846 | 29 February 1848 | Jean Olympie Bouquet |
| French Second Republic |||
| 29 February 1848 | 28 March 1848 | Jean Chrysogone Guigue de Champvans |
| 28 March 1848 | 20 May 1848 | Albert Hugon and Anthelme Roselli Mollet |
| 20 May 1848 | 6 June 1848 | André Édouard Carteron |
| 6 June 1848 | 20 November 1849 | Henri Dézé |
| 20 November 1849 | 12 March 1851 | Léonard Léonce Rochon de La Peyrouse |
| 12 March 1851 | 6 December 1851 | François Victor Adolphe de Chanal |
| 6 December 1851 | 4 March 1853 | Abel Jean-Baptiste Désiré Rogniat |
| French Second Empire |||
| 4 March 1853 | 8 April 1953 | Jean-Baptiste Charles Aladenize |
| 8 April 1953 | 26 November 1856 | Louis Charles Emmanuel de Coëtlogon |
| 26 November 1856 | 27 July 1859 | Jean Paul Gustave Ségaud |
| 27 July 1859 | 5 October 1861 | Charles Jean Louis Le Masson |
| 5 October 1861 | 5 October 1867 | Jean Marie François Léon Chamboduc de Saint-Pulgent |
| 5 October 1867 | 3 March 1869 | Marie Léopold Alexandre Lepeintre |
| 3 March 1869 | 26 November 1869 | Henri Fernand Bourgeois de Jessaint |
| 26 November 1869 | 6 September 1870 | Marie Louis Alfred du Bois de Jancigny |
| French Third Republic |||
| 6 September 1870 | 27 April 1871 | Édouard Clément Julien Puthod |
| 27 April 1871 | 1 July 1873 | Alfred François Hippolyte Nicolas Rousseau |
| 1 July 1873 | 28 August 1874 | Jean Pierre Augustin Raffier-Dufour |
| 28 August 1874 | 13 April 1876 | Marie Paul Esterhazy |
| 13 April 1876 | 19 May 1877 | Guisbert Jean Adrien Jules de Huart |
| 19 May 1877 | 18 December 1877 | Bernard Marie Jean Charles de Raymond-Cahuzac |
| 18 December 1877 | 15 March 1879 | Alfred François Hippolyte Nicolas Rousseau |
| 15 March 1879 | 12 January 1880 | Louis Charles Henri Fresne |
| 12 January 1880 | 17 November 1880 | Eugène Félicien Jules Gellion Danglar |
| 17 November 1880 | 5 October 1882 | Antoine Léon Stéhelin |
| 5 October 1882 | 12 February 1886 | Charles Hippolyte Massat |
| 12 February 1886 | 22 September 1890 | Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet |
| 22 September 1890 | 18 March 1895 | Gervais Achille François Debax |
| 18 March 1895 | 13 October 1896 | Jean François Abel Combarieu |
| 13 October 1896 | 16 July 1898 | Charles Evariste Bonnerot |
| 16 July 1898 | 20 February 1900 | Auguste Alexandre Guillaume Autrand |
| 20 February 1900 | 5 September 1904 | Bernard Joseph Eugène Dardenne |
| 5 September 1904 | 30 October 1909 | Claude Benoît Just |
| 30 October 1909 | 31 December 1913 | Gabriel Marc Charles Olivier Brin |
| 31 December 1913 | 4 July 1914 | Paul Marie Fortuné Peytral |
| 4 July 1914 | 15 October 1918 | Hilaire Toussaint Octave Delfini |
| 15 October 1918 | 6 November 1918 | Paul Léonard Constant Mathivet |
| 6 November 1918 | 22 January 1919 | Joseph Amédée Louis Benoist |
| 22 January 1919 | 22 January 1919 | Prosper Victor Henri Dutreuil |
| 22 January 1919 | 24 August 1921 | Joseph Amédée Louis Benoist |
| 24 August 1921 | 24 August 1921 | Charles Marie Xavier Droz |
| 24 August 1921 | 30 January 1925 | Alfred Jules Alexandre Gondoin |
| 30 January 1925 | 30 January 1925 | Henri Léopold Pierre Chaumet |
| 30 January 1925 | 2 May 1930 | Francisque Annet Varenne |
| 2 May 1930 | 2 May 1930 | Jean Marie Francis Laban |
| 2 May 1930 | 3 June 1931 | Antoine Jean Marcel Lemoine |
| 3 June 1931 | 8 June 1933 | Léopold Georges Mesnard |
| 8 June 1933 | 2 November 1940 | Georges Albert Maurice Bernard |
| French State |||
| 2 November 1940 | 28 April 1943 | Jean-Baptiste François dit Louis Thoumas |
| 28 April 1943 | 5 August 1943 | Paul Louis Emmanuel Balley |
| 5 August 1943 | 4 February 1944 | Alfred Marcel Louis Papinot |
| 4 February 1944 | 1 July 1944 | Joseph Jean Pierre Basile Marcel Delpeyrou |
| French Fourth Republic |||
| 1 July 1944 | 18 November 1944 | Georges Benoît Antoine Dupoizat de Villemont |
| 18 November 1944 | 24 July 1946 | Léon Etienne Blanchard |
| 24 July 1946 | 18 December 1946 | Jean Auguste Emile Rigade |
| 18 December 1946 | 19 June 1947 | Jean Latscha |
| 19 June 1947 | 7 May 1948 | Étienne Édouard Georges Pépin |
| 7 May 1948 | 17 September 1949 | Pierre Lecène |
| 17 September 1949 | 31 October 1951 | Robert Jean Benoît Duperier |
| 31 October 1951 | 1 July 1955 | François Antoine Louis Collaveri |
| 1 July 1955 | 4 April 1960 | Jean Thomassin |
| French Fifth Republic |||
| 4 April 1960 | 9 December 1961 | Célestin Roger Marcel Blanchard |
| 9 December 1961 | 14 June 1973 | Georges Benoît Antoine Dupoizat de Villemont |
| 14 June 1973 | 21 April 1975 | Henri Boucoiran |
| 21 April 1975 | 13 July 1979 | Roger Gaston Albert Ninin |
| 13 July 1979 | 16 July 1981 | Raymond François Le Bris |
| 16 July 1981 | 3 October 1984 | Philippe Jean Marie Loiseau |
| 3 October 1984 | 9 March 1985 | Bernard Gérard |
| 9 March 1985 | 25 July 1986 | Claude Guizard |
| 25 July 1986 | 24 November 1988 | Georges Mazenot |
| 24 November 1988 | 24 April 1991 | Yves Mansillon |
| 24 April 1991 | 2 November 1992 | Michel Festy |
| 2 November 1992 | 3 August 1995 | Jean-Pierre Lacroix |
| 3 August 1995 | 17 March 1999 | Philippe Ritter |
| 17 March 1999 | 7 October 1999 | Jean-Pierre Lacave |
| 7 October 1999 | 12 July 2002 | Pierre-Etienne Bisch |
| 12 July 2002 | 29 April 2004 | Bernard Tomasini |
| 29 April 2004 | 20 July 2006 | Michel Fuzeau |
| 20 July 2006 | 30 January 2009 | Pierre Soubelet |
| 30 January 2009 | 30 September 2010 | Régis Guyot |
| 30 September 2010 | 20 June 2013 | Philippe Galli |
| 20 June 2013 | 23 August 2016 | Laurent Touvet |
| 23 August 2016 | Incumbent | Arnaud Cochet |