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Governor-General of Algeria: 3 October 1930 to 21 September 1935: Jules Carde, Governor-General of Algeria: 21 September 1935 to 19 July 1940: Georges Le Beau , Governor-General of Algeria: 19 July 1940 to 16 July 1941: Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Governor-General of Algeria: 16 July 1941 to 20 September 1941: Maxime Weygand, Governor-General of ...
Charles Lutaud (15 November 1855 – 27 October 1921) was a French administrator who became Governor General of Algeria from 1911 to 1918. He was a supporter of French settlement in the colony. He felt that granting voting rights to the indigenous Muslims of Algeria should only be done gradually, as they advanced to the same level as the French.
Once the Bey of Constantine, he fought the French starting in 1830, and declared himself Dey of Algeria in 1833. After defeating a large French attack in 1836, his capital was captured in 1837, after which he retreated into the Aures and the Sahara from where he waged guerilla warfare, until he surrendered in 1848. [6] [7]
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly (15 October 1784 – 10 June 1849) was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria during the French colonization.
When Hussein Dey pressed French consul Pierre Deval about the debt at a reception, the latter's arrogant response led the Dey to slap his face with a fly-whisk. [296] King Charles X used this incident as an excuse to break ties with Algiers [295] and start a full-scale invasion of Algeria. The French military landed near Algiers on 14 June 1830.
During the French colonial period (1830–1962), Algeria contained a large European population of 1.6 million who constituted 15.2% of the total population in 1962. . Consisting primarily of French people, other populations included Spaniards in the west of the country, Italians and Maltese in the east, and other Europeans in small
Treaties of French Algeria (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Politics of French Algeria" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Jacques Soustelle (French pronunciation: [ʒak sustɛl]; 3 February 1912 – 6 August 1990) was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces, a politician who served in the French National Assembly and at one time served as Governor General of Algeria, an anthropologist specializing in Pre-Columbian civilizations, and vice-director of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris in 1939.