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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 ...
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]
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
Jules Cambon signs Treaty of Paris (1898). Cambon began his career as a lawyer in (1866), served in the Franco-Prussian War and entered the civil service in 1871. He was prefect of the department of Nord (1882) and of the Rhône (1887–1891), and in 1891 became governor-general of Algeria, where he had served in a minor position in 1874.
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.
About 400,000 Algerian civilians and fighters were killed, as well as about 35,000 French and as many as 30,000 Muslim "harkis" who fought in the French army against Algerian insurgents.
Political office-holders in French Algeria (4 C) E. Elections in French Algeria (2 C, 2 P) M. Military of French Algeria (1 C, 9 P) T. Treaties of French Algeria (1 C ...
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