Civil and military authorities participating in the ceremonies of the 59th anniversary of the landing
2003 D-Day Commemorations in Normandy
Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN, French Prime Minister
Jean CHRETIEN, Canadian Prime Minister
Hamlaoui MEKACHERA, Secretary of State for Veterans Affairs, representing the French Prime Minister
Ms. Nicole AMELINE, Minister Delegate for Gender Equality and Professional Equality
Sir John HOLMES, British Ambassador
Howard LEACH, United States Ambassador
Didier CULTIAUX, Regional Prefect of Lower Normandy, Prefect of Calvados
Philippe GREGOIRE, Prefect of Manche
Ms. Sylvie GARREC, Acting Sub-Prefect of Vire and Bayeux
Brigadier General T. J. GREGSON, MBE, Defense Attaché to the British Embassy
Colonel Arild HIEISTAD, Defense Attaché to the Norwegian Embassy
Colonel Alain VILET, Medical Doctor Defense Attaché to the Embassy of Belgium
Colonel LEENEN, Defense Attaché to the Embassy of the Netherlands
Commander Kenneth HOLT, Deputy Defense Attaché to the Embassy of Canada
Lieutenant Colonel Jaroslaw NAWROTEK, Deputy Defense Attaché to the Embassy of Poland
Jean-Marc LEFRANC, Member of Parliament for Calvados
André FANTON, Member of Parliament for Calvados
René GARREC, Senator, President of the Regional Council of Lower Normandy
Jean Léonce DUPONT, Senator, 1st Vice-President of the General Council of Calvados
Ambroise DUPONT, Senator, Vice-President of the General Council of Calvados
Claude GATIGNOL, Member of Parliament for Manche
Jean LEMIERE, Member of Parliament for Manche
Jean-François LEGRAND, Senator, President of the General Council of English Channel
Ms. Anne d’ORNANO, President of the Calvados General Council
Lieutenant General BLANCHET, Commander of the Northwest Land Region
Vice-Admiral PINON, Maritime Prefect of the English Channel and the North Sea
General HENRY, Deputy Commander of the Western Gendarmerie Region
Patrick GOMONT, Mayor of Bayeux
Marc LEFEVRE, General Councilor, Mayor of Sainte-Mère-Eglise
Henri MILET, Mayor of Sainte-Maire-du-Mont
