Albert Grodet
Louis Albert Grodet | |
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M. Grodet, le nouveau gouverneur civil du Soudan français from Le Monde illustré, 2 December 1893 | |
| Governor of Martinique | |
| In office September 1887 – 1888 | |
| Preceded by | Vincent Allègre |
| Succeeded by | Germain Casse |
| Governor of French Guiana | |
| In office April 1891 – 1893 | |
| Preceded by | Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache |
| Succeeded by | Paul Émile Joseph Casimir Fawtier |
| Governor of French Sudan | |
| In office 26 December 1893 – 16 June 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Archinard then Eugène Bonnier (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Edgard de Trentinian |
| Governor of French Congo (Acting) | |
| In office December 1900 – 1902 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Philémon Lemaire |
| Succeeded by | Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard |
| Governor of French Guiana | |
| In office 1903–1904 | |
| Preceded by | Émile Joseph Merwart |
| Succeeded by | Charles Emmanuel Joseph Marchal |
| Deputy of Guyana | |
| In office 24 April 1910 – 7 December 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Gustave Franconie |
| Succeeded by | Jean Galmot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1853 Saint-Fargeau, Yonne, France |
| Died | 30 January 1933 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator and politician |
Louis Albert Grodet (4 May 1853 – 30 January 1933) was a French civil servant, colonial administrator and politician. He trained as a lawyer, then worked his way up the ranks in the Ministry of Commerce and then the Colonial Ministry. He was governor in turn of Martinique, French Guiana, French Sudan, French Congo and French Guiana for a second term. Although forceful, he lacked leadership skills and had poor judgement. In the French Sudan he was unable to stop the army from ignoring government instructions and pursuing a costly expansionist policy. He tried but failed to suppress slavery, at a time when the local troops often expected a share of booty in the form of slaves. After retiring he was Deputy of French Guiana from 1910 to 1919.