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  2. Pompée Valentin Vastey - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Louis Vastey was born in 1781 in Ennery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. In 1777, his father, Jean-Valentin Vastey, originally from Jumièges , in Normandy , had married Élisabeth Dumas.

  3. The Colonial System Unveiled - Wikipedia

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    The Colonial System Unveiled (French: Le système colonial dévoilé) is a book by Haitian writer and politician, Baron de Vastey, originally published in French in 1814.It is possibly 'the first systemic critique of colonialism ever written' [1] [2] and anticipates several themes and concepts of anticolonial writing, Négritude and Critical race theory, including the idea that colonialism is ...

  4. List of 2010 FIFA World Cup controversies - Wikipedia

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    In turn, managing director Jean-Louis Valentin then resigned in disgust at the players' actions. [ 39 ] On the orders of President Nicolas Sarkozy , Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot held an emotional meeting with the team where she admonished the players saying "How would you like people to remember you?

  5. List of executioners - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Valentin Rhein: 1735–1771 nettoyait les prisons en 1774 François-Antoine Wees: 1771–1790 ... Jean-Louis Sanson: 1770–1793 Jean-Simon Desmorest: 1793–1798

  6. List of French generals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic ...

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    Louis Jean Nicolas Abbé (général de division) Augustin Gabriel d'Aboville (général de brigade) Augustin-Marie d'Aboville (général de brigade) François Marie d'Aboville (général de division) Michel Jacques François Achard (général de brigade) Pierre Age (général de brigade) Armand, duc d'Aiguillon (général de brigade)

  7. National Gaming Authority - Wikipedia

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    Jean-François Vilotte, Chairman (appointed by the President of the Republic) Jean-Michel Brun (appointed by the President of the Republic) Alain Moulinier (appointed by the President of the Republic) Jean-Louis Valentin (replaced the resigned Guy Drut) (appointed by the President of the National Assembly)

  8. Jean-Marie Valentin - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Marie Valentin (French: [ʒɑ̃maʁi valɑ̃tɛ̃]; 17 October 1823 – 8 August 1896) was a French architect and sculptor specialising in religious furnishings such as pulpits, altars and statues. Born in Bourg-des-Comptes, Ille-et-Vilaine, he died in the 6th arrondissement of Paris at age 72. His father Antoine Louis Valentin (born 1784 ...

  9. Louis Valentin - Wikipedia

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    Louis Valentin (10 September 1930 – 3 May 2010), born Louis Valentine, was a French journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. He was born in Gap, Hautes-Alpes , and he lived in France until his death at Antibes .