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Jules Marcel de Coppet (18 May 1881 in
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
– 31 August 1968 in Quiberville,
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) was a French colonial administrator stationed in several countries in
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before becoming
governor-general Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...
of
French West Africa French West Africa (, ) was a federation of eight French colonial empires#Second French colonial empire, French colonial territories in West Africa: Colonial Mauritania, Mauritania, French Senegal, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guin ...
. He was also a significant figure in the French intellectual and literary life of his time, close to
André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French writer and author whose writings spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his begi ...
and especially
Roger Martin du Gard Roger Martin du Gard (; 23 March 1881 – 22 August 1958) was a French novelist, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature. Biography Trained as a paleographer and archivist, he brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous ...
, whose daughter he married.


Biography

Coppet was governor of the colony of
Dahomey The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history, kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in ...
from 1933 until 1934. From 7 May 1934 to 18 July 1935, he governed
French Somaliland French Somaliland (; ; ) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. The Republic of Djibouti is its legal successor state. History French Somalil ...
. Succeeding
Jules Brévié Joseph-Jules Brévié (; 12 March 1880 – 28 July 1964) was a French colonial administrator who became governor-general of French West Africa from 1930 to 1936, and then governor-general of French Indochina from 1937 to 1939. He promoted liberal ...
, he became
governor-general Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...
of
French West Africa French West Africa (, ) was a federation of eight French colonial empires#Second French colonial empire, French colonial territories in West Africa: Colonial Mauritania, Mauritania, French Senegal, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guin ...
on September 27, 1936, and retained the position until July 14, 1938. Upon his departure, Léon Geismar took over for a few months until the arrival of
Pierre Boisson Pierre François Boisson (; 19 June 1894 – 20 July 1948) was a senior French civil servant, colonial administrator, and the Governor General of French Equatorial Africa (AEF) and French West Africa (AOF). His diplomatic career included two t ...
. He also oversaw the creation of an encyclopedia devoted to
Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
which was published in 1947.


See also

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History of Benin The History of Benin since the 16th century, for the geographical area included in 1960 in what was then called the Republic of Dahomey before becoming the People's Republic of Benin. Etymology The Republic of Benin derives its name from one ...
* List of colonial heads of Côte d'Ivoire * List of colonial heads of French Sénégal * List of colonial heads of Chad *
List of colonial governors of Dahomey This article lists the colonial governors of the former French Dahomey (1904–1958) in French West Africa, the present day nation of Benin. List (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) For continuation after 1958 i ...
* List of colonial heads of Djibouti (French Somaliland) *
History of Madagascar The History of Madagascar started from the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea, containing amongst others the Africa, African continent and the Indian subcontinent, and by the island's late colonization by human settlers from the Sunda Islands (Ma ...


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List of governor generals of French West Africa

List of governor generals of French West Africa from 1895 to 1920
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coppet, Jules Marcel de 1881 births 1968 deaths French colonial governors and administrators Governors of French West Africa Colonial governors of French Madagascar French colonial governors of Mauritania French people in French Dahomey