Armand Annet

Armand Léon Annet (5 June 1888 – 25 April 1973^[1]) was a French colonial governor for various colonies in the French colonial empire.

Armand Annet
Born	5 June 1888 Paris, France
Died	25 April 1973(1973-04-25) (aged 84) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Colonial Administrator

Biography

Armand Léon Annet was born in Paris on 1888, in Rue de Babylone.

Annet was Governor of French Somaliland from 1935 to 1937. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Dahomey from 1938 to 1940. In 1940, Annet sided with Vichy France after the Fall of France. As the Vichy Governor-General of Madagascar from 1941 to 1942, Annet was involved in the Battle of Madagascar.^[2] 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.

See also

• List of colonial governors of Dahomey
• List of colonial governors of Madagascar

References

1. African Biographical Archive I 25, p.71
2. Jennings, Eric T. (2007). "Vichy Propaganda, Metropolitan Public Opinion, and the British Attack on Madagascar, 1942". L'Esprit Créateur. 47 (1): 44–55. doi:10.1353/esp.2007.0021. JSTOR 26289303. S2CID 159476730.