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Jules Marcel de Coppet (18 May 1881 in Paris – 31 August 1968 in Quiberville, France) 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 André Gide and especially Roger Martin du Gard, whose daughter he married.




Biography


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 Brévié, he became governor-general of French West Africa on September 27, 1936, and retained the position until July 14, 1938. Upon his departure, Léon 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.




See also


History of Benin
List of colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire
List of colonial heads of French Sénégal
List of colonial heads of Chad
List of colonial governors of Dahomey
List of colonial heads of Djibouti (French Somaliland)
History of Madagascar




Bibliography


Hommes et destins : dictionnaire biographique d'Outre-mer (in French). Paris: Académie 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






External links


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

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• Kepala Kolonial Mauritania
• Daftar Penguasa Madagaskar
• Daftar kepala kolonial Jibuti (Somalia Prancis)
• Afrika Barat Prancis
• Jules Marcel de Coppet
• Coppet (disambiguation)
• French Madagascar
• List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century
• List of colonial governors of Mauritania
• Jules Brévié
• List of colonial governors of Madagascar
• Index of Madagascar-related articles
• List of colonial governors of Dahomey
• List of governors of French Somaliland