Dr Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore (21 May 1882 – 29 September 1975)JORE Léonce Alphone Noël Henri
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Biography

Born in Hell-Ville on the Malagasy island of

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, Jore left school in 1900 and began his career in

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, serving as Deputy District Administrator of

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from 1906 until 1906, before becoming Acting District Commander of Kita. He moved to

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to become Private Secretary of Governor

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in 1907, but returned to Africa the following year to become Resident in

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. He became District Commander of Dagana, before joining the Directorate of Administrative and Political Affairs of the Governor of French West Africa in 1909, where he worked until 1914. In 1911 he was awarded a PhD in political science by the

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. Jore was Secretary-General of the

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in 1918–19, before becoming an inspector for the High Commissioner of the

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. In 1923 Jore was appointed Acting Lieutenant Governor of Niger, a role he held until 1925. Between 1926 and 1929 he was

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. He then moved to the Pacific, serving as Governor of French Polynesia from 1930 until 1932, and Governor of New Caledonia, Commissioner General in the Pacific and High Commissioner to the New Hebrides from 1932 until 1933.Governor Jore
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'', July 1932, p5 He then returned to Madagascar as Secretary General between 1934 and 1936. He subsequently returned to New Caledonia to reprise his previous roles from 1938 until 1939.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jore, Leoncé 1882 births People from Nosy Be University of Paris alumni Colonial governors of French Sénégal Colonial governors of French Niger Governors of French Polynesia Governors of New Caledonia 1975 deaths French expatriates in Madagascar