Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud (, born on 11 January 1841 in

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A ...

(

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); died on 31 May 1889 in the

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), was the Principal private secretary of the

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( Gambetta's Ministry), Governor of La Réunion,

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for

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in the Second

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under Third Republic.

Titles held

1841 births 1889 deaths People from Martigues Governors of French India People of the French Third Republic {{France-mil-bio-stub