Joseph Jean Stéphen Henri Azéma (18 October 1861 in
Saint-Denis – ?) was a medical doctor from
Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
. He was the son of historian
Georges Azéma, and also served as a local councillor on Réunion. His maternal uncle was the journalist
Louis Brunet.
He was a doctor of the colonial Hospital of La Réunion, the General Council and deputy mayor of
Saint-Denis and was made Chevalier of the
Légion d'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...
in 1905.
culture.gouv.fr : certificate of the legion of honour
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People from Saint-Denis, Réunion
Physicians from Réunion
Politicians from Réunion
1861 births
Year of death missing
People from Réunion of French descent
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