Hubert Lyautey

Nov 17, 1854 - Jul 27, 1934

Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. Early in 1917 he served briefly as Minister of War. From 1921 he was a Marshal of France. He was dubbed the French empire builder, and in 1931 made the cover of Time.
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“Here I am like a fish in water, because the manipulation of things and men is power, everything I love.”

Hubert Lyautey
Nov 17, 1854 - Jul 27, 1934

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