Léon Pêtre
Léon Charles Adolphe Pêtre (born November 13, 1881 in Bourges , † December 5, 1956 in Paris ) was a French colonial official. He was Commissioner of French Togoland and Governor of Niger .
Life
Léon Pêtre was a son of Charles Pêtre and his wife Juliette Illig. In 1914 he married Marguerite Pichoz in Paris. Pêtre worked in various functions in the administration of the French colonies . In 1931 he was head of cabinet of Blaise Diagne , the undersecretary of state for the colonies. From 1933 to 1934, Pêtre was an interim commissioner at the head of the administration of French Togoland. His predecessor in this office was Robert de Guise , his successor Maurice Bourgine . Instead of Maurice Bourgine, who moved to French Togoland, Léon Pêtre became governor of the colony of Niger in 1934. In this capacity he was replaced by Joseph Court in 1935 . Together with Joseph Trillat, Pêtre wrote the book La France outre-mer , published in 1942, about the French overseas territories.
Honors
- Knight (1925) and officer (1936) of the Legion of Honor
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pêtre, Léon Charles Adolphe . Archives nationales website , accessed on February 3, 2013.
- ↑ Des nominations coloniales françaises . In: L'Étoile de l'AEF Journal hebdomadaire . February 7, 1931, p. 11 ( online version ).
- ↑ Togo . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed February 3, 2013.
- ↑ Niger . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed February 3, 2013.
- ↑ La France outre-mer . WorldCat website, accessed February 3, 2013.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pêtre, Léon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pêtre, Léon Charles Adolphe (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French colonial administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourges |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1956 |
| Place of death | Paris |