Jules Marcel de Coppet (1881-1968) was a French colonial administrator stationed in several countries in Africa before becoming governor-general of French West Africa.
He was also an intellectual and literary leader in the French world of his time, along with André Gide and Roger Martin du Gard.
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Coppet was governor of the colony of Dahomey from 1933 until 1934. From 7 May 1934 to 18 July 1935, he governed French Somaliland.
Succeeding Jules Brévié, he became governor-general of French West Africa on September 27, 1936 and retained the position until July 14, 1938. Upon his departure, Léon Geismar took over for a few months until the arrival of Pierre Boisson.
He also oversaw the creation of an encyclopedia devoted to Madagascar which was published in 1947.[1]