Félix Éboué, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French Guiana politician
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Place of Birth: Cayenne, French Guiana, France
About Félix Éboué
- Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué (1 January 1884 – 17 May 1944) was a French colonial administrator and Free French leader.
- He was the first black French man appointed to a high post in the French colonies, when appointed as Governor of Guadeloupe in 1936. As governor of Chad (part of French Equatorial Africa) during most of World War II, he helped build support for Charles de Gaulle's Free French in 1940, leading to broad electoral support for the Gaullist faction after the war.
- He supported educated Africans and placed more in the colonial administration, as well as supporting preservation of African culture.
- He was the first black person to have his ashes placed at the Pantheon in Paris after his death in 1944.
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