Lucien Geay

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Lucien Eugène Geay (born January 4, 1900 in Malakoff , † August 26, 1976 in Nice ) was a French colonial official. He was governor of several territories in French West Africa .

Life

Lucien Geay began his career in the French colonial service in Togo . At the age of 28 he took over a governorship for the first time on an interim basis: that of Dahomey , which he held from August 29, 1928 to April 4, 1929. Geay worked for a long time in Cameroon , where he was first district manager of Dschang , then regional manager. In 1945 he received the rank of administrateur en chef . From July 19, 1947 to December 31, 1947, Geay was the interim governor of Mauritania . From November 24, 1948 to February 25, 1949 he took over interim from Jean Toby the office of governor of Niger and from March 22, 1950 to October 1950 interim from Albert Mouragues the office of governor of Upper Volta . As the successor to Camille Bailly , Lucien Geay became governor of Senegal on April 25, 1952 . Senegal was the oldest French colony in Africa, and its capital Dakar was also the capital of all of French West Africa. On December 2, 1953, Geay became governor of French Sudan on an interim basis . On February 19, 1954, Maxime Jourdain replaced him as governor of Senegal. Geay retained - from February 10, 1954 no longer defined as an interim - his office as governor of Mali. His successor there, now with the title of High Commissioner, was Henri Gipoulon on November 3, 1956 .

Honors

On the Place des gouverneurs in Bamako , marble monuments with portrait reliefs commemorate the governors of French Sudan.
  • Gouverneur honoraire de premiere classe de la France d'Outre-Mer (Honorary Governor of the French overseas territories, first class)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Mort du governor Geay . In: Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens . Vol. 32/1976, p. 2272.
  2. ↑ Benin . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed March 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ Martin Kuété, Albert Léonard Dikoume: Espace, pouvoir et conflits dans les hautes terres de l'Ouest Cameroun. Espaces et sociétés . Presses universitaires de Yaoundé, Yaoundé 2000, p. 132.
  4. ↑ Mauritania . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed March 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ Niger . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed March 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ Burkina Faso . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed March 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ a b Senegal . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed March 9, 2013.
  8. ↑ a b Mali . WorldStatesmen.org website, accessed March 9, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Geay, Lucien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geay, Lucien Eugène (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French colonial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Malakoff
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1976
Place of death Nice