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Martial Henri Merlin
Governor-General of Guadeloupe
In office
1901–1903
Preceded byJoseph Pascal François[1][2]
Succeeded byPaul Marie Armand de La Loyère
Governor-General of French West Africa
In office
1907–1908
Preceded byErnest Roume
Succeeded byAmédée William Merlaud-Ponty
Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa
In office
28 June 1908 – 15 May 1917
Preceded byAlfred Albert Martineau
Succeeded byGabriel Louis Angoulvant
Governor-General of French Madagascar
In office
24 July 1917 – 1 August 1918
Preceded byHubert Auguste Garbit
Succeeded byAbraham Schrameck
Governor-General of French West Africa
In office
16 September 1919 – 18 March 1923
Preceded byCharles Désiré Auguste Brunet, (acting)
Succeeded byJules Carde
Governor-General of French Indochina
In office
9 August 1923 – 23 April 1925
Preceded byFrançois Marius Baudouin (acting)
Succeeded byMaurice Monguillot
Personal details
Born(1860-01-20)20 January 1860
Paris, France
Died8 May 1935(1935-05-08) (aged 75)
Paris, France
OccupationColonial administrator

Martial Henri Merlin (20 January 1860 – 8 May 1935; also Martial Merlin)[3] was a French colonial administrator of the 19th and 20th centuries.[4] He served as the governor-general of Guadeloupe (1901–1903), French West Africa (1907–1908 and 1919—1923), French Equatorial Africa (1908–1917), French Madagascar[5] (1917–1918), and French Indochina[6][7] (1923–1925).

References

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  1. ^ "Guadeloupe". Worldstatesmen. 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  2. ^ Imprimerie du Gouvernement (1903). "Annuaire de la Guadeloupe et dépendances pour l'année 1903" (PDF). Manioc, digital library (in French). p. 64. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Profile of Martial Henri Merlin
  4. ^ "BnF catalogue général – Notice d'autorité personne". BnF (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. ^ Jennings, Eric T. (2017). Perspectives on French Colonial Madagascar. Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Springer. ISBN 9781137559678.
  6. ^ Tai, Hue-Tam Ho (1996). Radicalism and the Origins of the Vietnamese Revolution. Harvard University Press. pp. 35, 134. ISBN 9780674746138. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. ^ Corfield, Justin (2014). Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City. Anthem Press. ISBN 9781783083336.
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"Notice no. 19800035/31/3997". Base Léonore (in French).