Governor-General of French Indochina
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| French Indochina formed (Cambodia Cambodia Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia... , Annam, Tonkin Tonkin Tonkin , also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is the northernmost part of Vietnam, south of China's Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces, east of northern Laos, and west of the Gulf of Tonkin. Locally, it is known as Bắc Kỳ, meaning "Northern Region"... , and Cochinchina Cochinchina Cochinchina is a region encompassing the southern third of Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954. The later state of South Vietnam was created in 1954 by combining Cochinchina with southern Annam. In Vietnamese, the region is called Nam Bộ... , and from 3 October 1893, Laos Laos Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west... ) |
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| 16 November 1887 to April 1888 | Jean Antoine Ernest Constans Jean Antoine Ernest Constans Jean Antoine Ernest Constans was a French politician and colonial administrator.-Biography:Born in Béziers, Hérault, he began his career as professor of law. In 1876 he was elected deputy for Toulouse to the French Third Republic's Chamber, and sat in the Left Centre as one of the 363 of May 16,... , Governor-General |
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| April 1888 to 31 May 1889 | Étienne Antione Guillaume Richaud, Governor-General | |
| 31 May 1889 to April 1891 | Jules Georges Piquet, Governor-General | |
| April 1891 to June 1891 | Bideau, acting Governor-General | |
| June 1891 to 31 December 1894 | Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan was a French statesman and naturalist.-Biography:De Lanessan was born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac in the Gironde department of France and entered the French Navy in 1862, serving on the East African and Cochin-China stations in the medical department until the... , Governor-General |
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| March 1894 to October 1894 | Léon Jean Laurent Chavassieux, acting Governor-General | Acting for Lanessan |
| December 1894 to February 1895 | François Pierre Rodier François Pierre Rodier François Pierre Rodier was born in 1854 in Vieille-Brioude of Haute Loire département, France. He was Governor General for various colonies in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic.-Titles held:... , acting Governor-General |
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| February 1895 to 10 December 1896 | Paul Armand Rosseau, Governor-General | |
| December 1896 to 13 February 1897 | Augustin Juline Fourès, acting Governor-General | |
| 13 February 1897 to October 1902 | Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer Paul Doumer Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination.-Biography:... , Governor-General |
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| October 1902 to February 1908 | Jean Baptiste Paul Beau, Governor-General | |
| 18 February 1908 to September 1908 | Louis Alphonse Bonhoure, acting Governor-General | |
| September 1908 to January 1910 | Antony Wladislas Klobukowski, Governor-General | |
| January 1910 to February 1911 | Albert Jean George Marie Louis Picquié, acting Governor-General | |
| February 1911 to November 1911 | Paul Louis Luce, Governor-General | |
| November 1911 to January 1914 | Albert Pierre Sarraut, Governor-General | 1st time |
| January 1914 to 7 April 1915 | Joost van Vollenhoven Joost van Vollenhoven Joost van Vollenhoven was a Dutch-born French soldier and colonial administrator. Van Vollenhoven died in the Second Battle of the Marne.-Early life:... , acting Governor-General |
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| April 1915 to May 1916 | Ernest Nestor Roume, Governor-General | |
| May 1916 to January 1917 | Jean Eugène Charles, acting Governor-General | |
| January 1917 to May 1919 | Albert Pierre Sarraut, Governor-General | 2nd time |
| May 1919 to February 1920 | Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General | 1st time |
| February 1920 to April 1922 | Maurice Long, Governor-General | |
| April 1922 to August 1922 | François Marius Baudouin, acting Governor-General | |
| August 1922 to April 1925 | Martial Henri Merlin, Governor-General | |
| April 1925 to November 1925 | Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General | 2nd time |
| 18 November 1925 to January 1928 | Alexandre Varenne, Governor-General | |
| January 1928 to August 1928 | Maurice Antoine François Montguillot, acting Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 22 August 1928 to 15 January 1934 | Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier, Governor-General | |
| 15 January 1934 to September 1936 | Eugène Jean Louis René Robin, Governor-General | |
| September 1936 to 23 August 1939 | Joseph Jules Brévié, Governor-General | |
| 23 August 1939 to 25 June 1940 | Georges Catroux Georges Catroux Georges Catroux was a French Army general and diplomat who served in both World War I and World War II, and served as Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur from 1954 to 1969.-Biography:... , acting Governor-General |
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| 25 June 1940 to 9 March 1945 | Jean Decoux Jean Decoux Jean Decoux was a French politician, who was the Governor-General of French Indochina from 1940 to 1945, representing the Vichy French government.-Biography:Decoux was born in Bordeaux... , Governor-General |
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| Japanese Occupation of French Indochina Second French Indochina Campaign The Second French Indochina Campaign, also known as the Japanese coup of March 1945, was a Japanese military operation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, then a French colony and known as French Indochina, during the final months of the Second World War. Vietnam was not a real colony at this time. The... |
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| 9 March 1945 to 28 August 1945 | Yuitsu Tsuchihashi, Governor-General | |
| 9 March 1945 to 15 August 1945 | Takeshi Tsukamoto, acting Governor-General | Acting for Tsuchihashi |
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| 9 September 1945 to 6 March 1946 | Lu Han Lu Han Lu Han was a KMT general of Yi ethnicity.-Life:His alma matter was Yunnan military academy. He was commander of the First Group Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.... , Military Governor (Republic of China Republic of China The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor... ) |
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| 6 September 1945 to 28 January 1946 | Douglas David Gracey Douglas David Gracey General Sir Douglas David Gracey, KCB, KCIE, CBE, MC and bar was an Indian Army officer in both the First and Second World Wars. He also fought in French Indochina and was the second Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army... , Military Governor (United Kingdom) |
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| French Indochina | ||
| 23 September 1945 to 5 October 1945 | Jean Marie Arsène Cédile, acting High Commissioner | |
| 5 October 1945 to 31 October 1945 | Philippe François Marie de Hauteclocque, dit Leclerc Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Philippe François Marie, comte de Hauteclocque, then Leclerc de Hauteclocque, by a 1945 decree that incorporated his French Resistance alias Jacques-Philippe Leclerc to his name, , was a French general during World War II... , acting High Commissioner |
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| 31 October 1945 to 1 April 1947 | Georges Louis Marie Thierry d'Argenlieu, High Commissioner | |
| 1 April 1947 to 20 October 1948 | Émile Bollaert, High Commissioner | |
| 20 October 1948 to 17 December 1950 | Léon Marie Adolphe Pascal Pignon, High Commissioner | |
| 17 December 1950 to 11 January 1952 | Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny, GCB, MC was a French military hero of World War II and commander in the First Indochina War.-Early life:... , High Commissioner |
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| 11 January 1952 to 1 April 1952 | Raoul Albin Louis Salan Raoul Salan Raoul Albin Louis Salan was a French Army general and the fourth French commanding general during the First Indochina War. Salan was one of four generals who organized the 1961 Algiers Putsch operation and then founded the Organisation de l'armée secrète.... , acting High Commissioner |
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| 1 April 1952 to 27 April 1953 | Jean Letourneau, High Commissioner | |
| 27 April 1953 to 17 August 1953 | Jean Letourneau, Commissioner-General | |
| 17 August 1953 to 10 April 1954 | Maurice Dejean, Commissioner-General | |
| 10 April 1954 to 2 June 1955 | Paul Henri Romuald Ély, Commissioner-General | |
| June 1955 to 21 July 1956 | Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot Henri Hoppenot was a French diplomat, was commissioner-general in Indochina between 1955 and 1956, and was the last person to hold this post. He also served as the French president of the United Nations Security Council between 1952 and 1955.In August 1914, he started in the Press Office of the... , Commissioner-General |
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