Marie Jules Dupré, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Jules Dupré

French colonial administrator (1813-1881)

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1813

Place of Birth: Albi, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1881

Profession: naval officer, colonial administrator

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Marie-Jules Dupré (25 November 1813 – 8 February 1881) was a French admiral.
He was governor of Réunion from 1865 to 1869 under the Second French Empire, and governor of Cochinchina from 1871 to 1874 under the French Third Republic.
He negotiated a treaty with the Emperor of Vietnam that opened up the country to French commerce and ceded territory in the south to France.