Governor-General of French Indochina

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French colonial administration position colonial office political position

The Governor-General of French Indochina was the highest-ranking colonial official representing French authority and administering the federation of colonies in Southeast Asia from the late 19th to mid-20th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gouverneur de la Cochinchine	1
Gouverneur général de l’Indochine	1
High Commissioner of France in South Vietnam	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French colonial administration position ⓘ colonial office ⓘ political position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	French Indochina ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Protectorate of Annam ⓘ surface form: Annam Cambodia ⓘ Cochinchina ⓘ Kwang-Chou-Wan ⓘ Laos ⓘ Tonkin ⓘ
appointedBy	Government of France ⓘ surface form: French government President of France ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
createdBy	French Third Republic ⓘ
endTime	1954 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	civil administration of French Indochina ⓘ colonial security forces in Indochina ⓘ economic policy in French Indochina ⓘ education policy in French Indochina ⓘ implementation of French colonial law in Indochina ⓘ infrastructure development in French Indochina ⓘ local colonial governors in Indochina ⓘ
historicalPeriod	First Indochina War ⓘ World War I era ⓘ World War II era ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ interwar period ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
officeAbolishedFollowing	Geneva Conference of 1954 ⓘ surface form: Geneva Accords of 1954 dissolution of French Indochina ⓘ
officeCreatedFor	administration of the Indochinese Union ⓘ coordination of French colonial policy in Indochina ⓘ
officeHolderOf	French Indochina ⓘ surface form: French Indochina government
officeScope	federation of colonies in Southeast Asia ⓘ
officialName	Gouverneur général de l’Indochine française ⓘ
partOf	French colonial empire ⓘ
replacedBy	Governor-General of French Indochina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: High Commissioner of France in South Vietnam separate national governments of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia ⓘ
residence	Palais du Gouverneur général de l’Indochine ⓘ
role	chief executive of the federation of French colonies in Southeast Asia ⓘ head of the Indochinese Union administration ⓘ highest-ranking colonial official in French Indochina ⓘ representative of French authority in Indochina ⓘ
seat	Hanoi ⓘ Saigon ⓘ
startTime	1887 ⓘ
subordinateTo	French Minister of Colonies ⓘ French Ministry of Overseas France ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palais du Gouverneur général de l’Indochine → associatedWith → Governor-General of French Indochina ⓘ

Cochinchina → colonialAdministration → Governor-General of French Indochina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gouverneur de la Cochinchine

French Indochina → governingBody → Governor-General of French Indochina ⓘ

Governor-General of French Indochina → replacedBy → Governor-General of French Indochina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Commissioner of France in South Vietnam

Palais du Gouverneur général de l’Indochine → usedBy → Governor-General of French Indochina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gouverneur général de l’Indochine