René Bidal (born 28 January 1960 in Béziers, France) is a French senior civil servant.

He served as High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia and earlier was Prefect of the departments of Eure, Pyrénées-Orientales, and Hautes-Pyrénées.

[1][2][3][4][5] He had previously served in a variety of positions in Eure-et-Loir (1986–89), Landes (1992–93), Finistère (1993–96), Aveyron (1996–98), Guingamp (1998–2000), Charente-Maritime (2000–03), Hauts-de-Seine (2003–06), Béthune (2006–08), and Rhône (2008–10).

[6] He was named to his post as Prefect of Maine-et-Loire on 7 June 2019, succeeding Bernard Gonzalez, who had been named Prefect of Alpes-Maritimes.