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Jules Marcel de Coppet (18 May 1881 in Paris ? 31 August 1968 in Quiberville , France ) ^[1] was a French colonial administrator stationed in several countries in Africa before becoming governor-general of French West Africa .

He was also a significant figure in the French intellectual and literary life of his time, close to Andre Gide and especially Roger Martin du Gard , whose daughter he married.

Biography [ edit ]

Coppet was governor of the colony of Dahomey from 1933 until 1934. From 7 May 1934 to 18 July 1935, he governed French Somaliland .

Succeeding Jules Brevie , he became governor-general of French West Africa on September 27, 1936, and retained the position until July 14, 1938. Upon his departure, Leon Geismar took over for a few months until the arrival of Pierre Boisson .

He also oversaw the creation of an encyclopedia devoted to Madagascar which was published in 1947. ^[2]

See also [ edit ]

• History of Benin
• List of colonial heads of Cote d'Ivoire
• List of colonial heads of French Senegal
• List of colonial heads of Chad
• List of colonial governors of Dahomey
• List of colonial heads of Djibouti (French Somaliland)
• History of Madagascar

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Hommes et destins : dictionnaire biographique d'Outre-mer (in French). Paris: Academie des sciences d'outre-mer . 1981. p. 144. ISBN   2-900098-03-3 .
• Alain Couturier (2006). Le Gouverneur et son miroir. Marcel de Coppet (1881-1968) (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan. p. 202. ISBN   2-296-01823-8 .

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• List of governor generals of French West Africa
• (in French) List of governor generals of French West Africa from 1895 to 1920