Armand Léon Annet (5 June 1888 – 25 April 1973) was a French colonial governor of various colonies in the
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas Colony, colonies, protectorates, and League of Nations mandate, mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "Firs ...
.
Biography
Armand Léon Annet was born in Paris in 1888, in Rue de Babylone.
Annet was Governor of
French Somaliland
French Somaliland (; ; ) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. The Republic of Djibouti is its legal successor state.
History
French Somalil ...
from 1935 to 1937. He was Lieutenant-Governor of
Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history, kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in ...
from 1938 to 1940. In 1940, Annet sided with
Vichy France
Vichy France (; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a result of the French capitulation after the Battle of France, ...
after the
Fall of France
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. As the Vichy Governor-General of
Madagascar
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from 1941 to 1942, Annet was involved in the
Battle of Madagascar.
Starting on 5 May 1942, he defended the island with about 8,000 troops. On 5 November 1942, Annet surrendered his remaining forces near
Ihosy, on the south of the island. By continuing to fight for 6 months he had become entitled to a higher pension. After the war, in 1947, he was convicted of
''indignité nationale''.
Annet died in Paris in 1973.
See also
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List of colonial governors of Dahomey
*
List of colonial governors of Madagascar
References
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1888 births
1973 deaths
Politicians from Paris
People of Vichy France
Colonial governors of French Madagascar
French Army generals of World War II
People convicted of indignité nationale
Military personnel from Paris