French Minister of Colonies

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The French Minister of Colonies was the cabinet-level official in the French government responsible for overseeing and administering France’s overseas colonial empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet position
government office
abolishedWith decolonization of the French Empire
appliesToJurisdiction French colonial empire
appointedBy President of the French Republic
surface form: President of France
appointedOnAdviceOf President of the Council of Ministers of France
country France
domain colonial administration
imperial governance
overseas territories
governsThrough colonial administrative services
colonial governors
hasDuties administration of French colonies
coordination of colonial governance with metropolitan authorities
implementation of colonial policy
management of colonial budgets
negotiation of international issues involving colonies
oversight of colonial economic development
regulation of labor and indigenous affairs in colonies
representation of colonial interests in the French cabinet
supervision of colonial governors
historicalPeriod Age of Imperialism
surface form: age of New Imperialism

early 20th century
late 19th century
legalStatus ministerial portfolio
memberOf French cabinet
officeHolderRole French colonial policy maker
head of colonial administration
overseer of overseas territories
partOf Council of Ministers of France
surface form: French Council of Ministers

Government of France
surface form: French government
policyArea assimilation and association policies in colonies
colonial expansion
colonial exploitation
replaces French Minister of the Navy and Colonies
responsibleFor Caribbean colonies of France
French Equatorial Africa
French Indochina
Madagascar
surface form: French Madagascar

French North Africa
surface form: French North African protectorates

French Pacific colonies
French West Africa
seat Paris
subordinateTo President of the French Republic
surface form: President of France

Prime Minister of France
surface form: President of the Council of Ministers of France

Prime Minister of France
succeededBy French Minister of Overseas France
usedByGovernmentForm French Fourth Republic
French Third Republic

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Governor-General of French West Africa subordinateTo French Minister of Colonies