Henri Gaebelé

Jean Fritz Henri Gaebelé
Mayor of Pondicerry
In office
19 September 1908  15 May 1928
Senator of French India
In office
17 December 1922  25 December 1923
Preceded byÉtienne Flandin
Succeeded byPaul Bluysen
Personal details
Born(1860-03-10)10 March 1860
Munster, Haut-Rhin, France
Died27 October 1936(1936-10-27) (aged 76)
Pondichéry, French India
OccupationCotton manufacturer, politician

Jean Fritz Henri Gaebelé (10 March 1860 – 27 October 1936) was a French cotton yarn and fabric manufacturer and politician who was Mayor of Pondicherry in French India from 1907 to 1928, and Senator of French India from 1922 to 1924. He played a leading role in the violent conflict in this period between the upper-caste Indian party and the lower-caste and Muslim French party, and at times held almost dictatorial power in the colony.