military officer
Louis-Hubert Lyautey.
general and colonial administrator from France (1854-1934)
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About Louis-Hubert Lyautey
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.
Everything about Louis-Hubert Lyautey →- Occupation
- military officer, politician, World War I
- Position held
- Minister of War, seat 14 of the Académie française, defence minister
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- November 17, 1854
- Died
- July 21, 1934