Jean-Baptiste Azéma
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Jean-Baptiste Azéma was a French
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 administrator; he served as the governor of Réunion from May 15 to October 31, 1745. His son was the writer Étienne Azéma
Étienne Azéma
Étienne Azéma was a French poet, playwright, and writer of fables. Born in Saint-Denis, on the island of Réunion, he died on the island as well. He was a magistrate, delegated to the island by the Ministre de la Marine, and as a writer was well known for his play Médée...

; other descendants have included Georges Azéma
Georges Azéma
Georges Azéma was a French historian from Réunion. Son of the writer Étienne Azéma and brother to the doctor Mazaé Azéma, his son Henri was also a doctor; his grandfather Jean-Baptiste Azéma had briefly served as governor of Réunion; other relatives include the poet Jean-Henri Azéma and the...

, a historian; Mazaé Azéma
Mazaé Azéma
François Jean-Pierre Henri Azéma, called Mazaé Azéma, was a French politician and doctor of Réunionnais birth. Born in Saint-Denis on July 17, 1823, he died on July 28, 1886. He was a surgeon who had studied urology. He served on the General Council of Réunion from 1967, and received the Légion...

, a doctor; Henri Azéma
Henri Azéma
Joseph Jean Stéphen Henri Azéma was a Réunionnais doctor. 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.-Reference:*...

, a doctor; poet Jean-Henri Azéma
Jean-Henri Azéma
Jean-Henri Azéma, called Jean Azéma was a French poet of Réunionnais origin. Born in Saint-Denis, he died in Buenos Aires, where he had fled after collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. His son was the historian Jean-Pierre Azéma...

; and historian Jean-Pierre Azéma
Jean-Pierre Azéma
-Early life:Azéma is the son of the Réunionese poet Jean-Henri Azéma. Jean-Henri was a collaborator with the black-shirted Milice during the occupation of France, and lived in exile in South America after the war.-Career:...

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