Career
Colrat held the post of chief of staff for the French police commissioner in Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, from 1983 until 1985. He served as the prefecture secretary general in Réunion beginning in 1992.
Colrat served as the head of civil protection at the Prefecture of the French capital, Paris from April 2001 until February 2004. He served as the Prefect of the Ardennes department from 2004 until 2006.
Colrat later became temporary director of political, administrative and financial affairs at the French Ministry for Overseas Territories for two years from August 2006 until 2008.
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