Louis Pelletan was

Governor General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

of Pondicherry in 1902, during the Second

French Colonial Empire The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "First French Colonial Empire", that exist ...

under Third Republic.

References

* Governors of French India in ''Declaration of the French Government on the Subject of French India'' (1947) French colonial governors and administrators Governors of French India People of the French Third Republic 20th-century French diplomats {{France-diplomat-stub