Fernand Casimir

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Fernand Gaston Georges Émile Robert Casimir (* 1896 ; † after 1952) was a French colonial official.

From April 16, 1935, Casimir was acting Commissaire-Résident de France at the head of the British- French condominium New Hebrides . He represented Henri Sautot , who returned to his post as Commissaire-Résident de France in 1937 . From February 11, 1952 to February 23, 1953, Casimir took over the post of governor of the overseas territory of Niger from Jean Toby on an interim basis . During his term of office, the elections for the Territorial Assembly fell on March 30, 1952 . Casimir secretly supported the victorious Union of Independent Nigerians and Sympathizers (UNIS), the establishment of which Governor Jean Toby had suggested.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vanuatu . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed March 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ Niger . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed March 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ Claude Fluchard: Le PPN-RDA et la décolonisation du Niger, 1946-1960 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-7384-3100-3 , p. 131.
  4. ^ Mamoudou Djibo: Les transformations politiques au Niger à la veille de l'indépendance . L'Harmattan, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-7384-9505-2 , p. 45.
personal data
SURNAME Casimir, Fernand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casimir, Fernand Gaston Georges Émile Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French colonial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1896
DATE OF DEATH after 1952