Philema Lemaire (7 July 1856 in

Verberie Verberie () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It lies southwest of Compiègne on the main road to Senlis and Paris. The railway station is on the line from Compiègne to Crépy-en-Valois. The inhabitants are known as ''Sa ...

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 ...

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– 6 May 1932 in

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) was a French politician. He was Governor General of

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

in Second

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. Philema Lemaire, a member of Arthur Blocher's congregation, was also elected

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in the

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(1907–14).

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French colonial governors and administrators Governors of French India People of the French Third Republic 1856 births 1932 deaths People from Oise {{Puducherry-politician-stub