Ernest Roume

Ernest Nestor Roume
Ernest Roume and Eugène Regnault, 1916
Ernest Roume (on left), 1916
Governor General of French Indochina
In office
3 March 1915 – 22 May 1916
Preceded byJoost van Vollenhoven
Succeeded byJean-François dit Eugène Charles
Governor General of French West Africa
In office
15 March 1902 – 15 December 1907
Preceded byNoël Ballay
Succeeded byWilliam Merlaud-Ponty
Personal details
Born(1858-07-12)12 July 1858
Marseilles, France
Died16 April 1941(1941-04-16) (aged 82)

Ernest Nestor Roume (12 July 1858 – 16 April 1941) was a French colonial administrator and governor of French West Africa from 15 March 1902 to 15 December 1907, and governor of French Indochina from 1915–1916.[1]

  1. ^ Conklin, Alice L. (1997), "Ernest Roume and the Reorganization of the Government General 1902–1904", A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930 (illustrated ed.), Stanford University Press, p. 40, ISBN 9780804729994