Louis-Hubert Lyautey

✶November 17, 1854

†July 21, 1934

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Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he was appointed the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. In this capacity, he oversaw modernisation works in the newly-established protectorate, including in agriculture, infrastructure, urbanism, and medicine. In early 1917, he concurrently briefly served as Minister of War amid World War I. In 1921, he was made a Marshal of France.

general and colonial administrator from France (1854-1934)

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