French Ministry of Overseas France

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The French Ministry of Overseas France was the government department responsible for administering and overseeing France’s colonial and overseas territories.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf French government ministry
public administration body
appliesToJurisdiction French colonial territories
French overseas territories
concerns Comoros (when under French administration)
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Somaliland (Djibouti)
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Mayotte
New Caledonia
Réunion
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Wallis and Futuna
various Pacific and Indian Ocean territories
country France
fieldOfWork colonial administration
international relations of subnational territories
overseas governance
public policy
hasDuties administration of overseas territories
coordination of state services in overseas territories
economic development of overseas territories
implementation of French law in overseas territories
infrastructure policy in overseas territories
political oversight of overseas territories
relations between central government and overseas local authorities
social policy in overseas territories
hasFrenchName Ministère de la France d’outre-mer
hasHistoricalRole integration of some territories as overseas departments
management of decolonisation processes
transition of colonies to new constitutional statuses
hasOrganisationalForm ministerial department
hasScope national
headedBy Minister of Overseas France
languageOfWorkOrName French
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Île-de-France
partOf Government of France
predecessor Ministry of the Colonies
replacedBy Ministry of the Overseas
responsibleFor French overseas collectivities
French overseas communities
French overseas departments
French overseas territories with special status
French territorial collectivities overseas
former French colonies that remained under French administration
seat Paris
subordinateTo Prime Minister of France

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Governor-General of French Indochina
Governor-General of French West Africa
subordinateTo
French Equatorial Africa ("French Ministry of the Colonies")
administeredBy
Hanoi Medical University ("French colonial administration")
founder
Devil’s Island ("French Ministry of Colonies")
governingBody
French Ministry of Overseas France ("Ministère de la France d’outre-mer")
hasFrenchName
Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina ("French colonial administration")
opponent
French Ministry of Overseas France ("Ministry of the Colonies")
predecessor

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