Louis Rollet
Louis Rollet (born September 28, 1915 in Corveissiat , Département Ain , † 2001 ; full name: Louis Félix Rollet ) was a French colonial official. He was the governor of Niger .
Life
Louis Rollet graduated from the École coloniale in Paris and was a licentiate in law . He worked for the colonial administration of France and was active for the first time in 1941 in the colony of Niger, which belongs to French West Africa . From there he went to England to fly air raids against the German Reich as a pilot in the Royal Air Force until 1945 in the air war in World War II . Rollet then returned to colonial service in French West Africa, where he initially worked in the capital Dakar for several years . On January 25, 1958, he was appointed provisional governor of Niger in place of Paul Bordier . There Rollet had to prepare the referendum on September 18, 1958 , in which Niger would vote on whether it would remain with France. However, since he did not act decisively against Djibo Bakary , an advocate of independence, he was replaced on August 25, 1958 by Governor Don Jean Colombani .
Honors
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens . 21/1965, p. 2083.
- ^ Jacques Larrue and Jean-Marie Payen: Jean Ramadier. Governor de la décolonisation . Karthala, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84586-011-0 , pp. 183-184.
- ^ Papa Alioune Ndao: La francophonie des Pères fondateurs . Karthala, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-8111-0036-0 , pp. 77-78.
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| SURNAME | Rollet, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rollet, Louis Félix (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French colonial administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Corveissiat , Ain department |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2001 |