List of colonial heads of French Tunisia
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List of Colonial Heads of French Tunisia
Term
Incumbent
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French Suzerainty
13 May 1881 to 28 February 1882
Théodore Justin Dominique Roustan, Resident Minister
28 February 1882 to 23 June 1885
Pierre Paul Cambon
, Resident Minister
23 June 1885 to 28 October 1886
Pierre Paul Cambon
, Resident-General
23 November 1886 to 5 November 1892
Justin Massicault, Resident-General
November 1892 to 14 November 1894
Maurice Rouvier
, Resident-General
14 November 1894 to November 1900
René Millet, Resident-General
November 1900 to 27 December 1901
Benoît de Merkel, Resident-General
27 December 1901 to 7 February 1907
Étienne Pichon, Resident-General
7 February 1907 to 26 October 1918
Gabriel Alapetite, Resident-General
26 October 1918 to 1 January 1921
Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Resident-General
1 January 1921 to 2 January 1929
Lucien Saint, Resident-General
18 February 1929 to 29 July 1933
François Manceron, Resident-General
29 July 1933 to 21 March 1936
Marcel Peyrouton, Resident-General
1st time
17 April 1936 to 18 October 1938
Armand Guillon, Resident-General
22 November 1938 to 3 June 1940
Eirik Labonne, Resident-General
3 June 1940 to 22 July 1940
Marcel Peyrouton, Resident-General
2nd time
26 July 1940 to 10 May 1943
Jean-Pierre Esteva, Resident-General
10 May 1943 to 22 February 1947
Charles Emmanuel Mast, Resident-General
22 February 1947 to 13 June 1950
Jean Mons, Resident-General
13 June 1950 to 13 January 1952
Louis Marcellin Marie Périllier, Resident-General
13 January 1952 to 2 September 1953
Jean Marie François de Hauteclocque, Resident-General
2 September 1953 to 5 November 1954
Pierre Voizard
, Resident-General
5 November 1954 to 31 August 1955
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin, Resident-General
13 September 1955 to 20 March 1956
Roger Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne, High Commissioner
French Protectorate of Tunisia
The French protectorate of Tunisia was established in 1881, during the Scramble for Africa, and lasted until Tunisian independence in 1956....
Paul Cambon
Pierre Paul Cambon was a French diplomat and brother to Jules Martin Cambon.-Biography:He was called to the Parisian bar, and became private secretary to Jules Ferry in the préfecture of the Seine...
, Resident Minister
Paul Cambon
Pierre Paul Cambon was a French diplomat and brother to Jules Martin Cambon.-Biography:He was called to the Parisian bar, and became private secretary to Jules Ferry in the préfecture of the Seine...
, Resident-General
Maurice Rouvier
Maurice Rouvier was a French statesman.He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and spent his early career in business at Marseille. He supported Léon Gambetta's candidature there in 1867, and in 1870 he founded an anti-imperial journal, L'Egalité. Becoming secretary general of the prefecture of...
, Resident-General
Pierre Voizard
Pierre Voizard was a Minister of State for Monaco. He served between 1950 and 1953. He was born in 1896 and died in 1982.-References:...
, Resident-General
See also
- French Protectorate of TunisiaFrench Protectorate of TunisiaThe French protectorate of Tunisia was established in 1881, during the Scramble for Africa, and lasted until Tunisian independence in 1956....
- History of French-era Tunisia
- French occupation of TunisiaFrench occupation of TunisiaThe French conquest of Tunisia occurred in two phases in 1881: the first consisting of the invasion and securing of the country before the signing of a treaty of protection, and the second consisting in the suppression of a rebellion...
- French colonialism in the Arab World