Patrice Latron (born 27 July 1961 in Bida, Eraguene, Algeria) is a French senior civil servant, former prefect, and the Crisis Director for the COVID-19 pandemic in French Guiana.

Patrice Paul Marie Latron graduated from the University of Nanterre with an associate degree in English.

[1] Between July 1994 and May 1995,[2] Latron was appointed as aide-de-camp (personal assistant) to Prime Minister Édouard Balladur and served Alain Juppé between May 1995 until June 1997.

[6] On 11 December 2019, he was appointed government advisor, responsible for the deployment of the Service national universel (civil conscription).

[8] On 5 July 2020, it was announced that Latron had been appointed as the Crisis Director for the COVID-19 pandemic in French Guiana.