Gallieni, Joseph-Simon

Gallieni, Joseph-Simon

▪ French military officer

born April 24, 1849, Saint-Béat, Fr.
died May 27, 1916, Versailles
 French army officer figure who successfully directed the pacification of the French Sudan and Madagascar and the integration of those African territories into the French colonial empire.

      After training at the military academy of Saint-Cyr and serving in the Franco-German War (1870–71), Gallieni was sent to Africa in the mid-1870s. As a captain in 1881 he was captured by the forces of the amīr Ahmadou in the Upper Niger region, but within a year he had extracted exclusive privileges for France in that area.

      After serving in Martinique, Gallieni was named governor of the French Sudan, where he successfully combatted rebel Sudanese forces. In 1892–96 he served in French Indochina and then was sent to Madagascar. There he suppressed the revolt of monarchist forces and served as governor general until 1905, winning a reputation as a judicious, flexible, and humane colonial master who combined paternalistic regard for the indigenous people with an overriding sense of duty to France.

      Gallieni was the logical choice for supreme commander of the French Army in 1911, but advanced age and poor health led him to decline in favour of Gen. Joseph Joffre. Gallieni retired in April 1914 only to be recalled in August, just before the outbreak of World War I, as military commander of Paris. Rather than remain a passive figure, he launched an important counterattack against the German armies as they crossed the Marne in September. He became minister of war in October 1915 and served with distinction until ill health forced his retirement in March 1916.

      In 1921 he was posthumously raised to the dignity of marshal.

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