Georges Destenave, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French explorer and general
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Place of Birth: Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Georges Destenave
- Georges Destenave (17 May 1854 – 23 December 1928) was a French general and colonial administrator.
- After serving in Algeria and in the French Sudan, he was appointed as the Military Governor of France's Chad Territory in 1900.
- It was written that Destenave's rule "was so repressive and flogging with the chicotte (whip) so frequent that reference to the "Code Destenave" became common.
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