Eugène Étienne

Eugène Étienne
Eugène Etienne in 1914
Personal details
Born(1844-12-15)15 December 1844
Died13 May 1921(1921-05-13) (aged 76)
NationalityFrench

Eugène Etienne (French: [øʒɛn etjɛn]; 15 December 1844 – 13 May 1921) was a French politician who was a deputy from 1881 to 1919, Undersecretary of Colonies in 1887 and again from 1889 to 1892, Minister of War in 1913, and a Senator from 1920 until his death. He was known as a defender of French Algeria and a promoter of colonial expansion.

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