Resident-Superior of Tonkin | |
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Résident supérieur du Tonkin (French) Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ (Vietnamese) 統使北圻 (chữ Hán) | |
Reports to | Governor-General of French Indochina |
Residence | Residential palace of the Tonkin Governor (from 1919) |
Seat | Hanoi |
Precursor | Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin |
Formation | 8 April 1886 |
First holder | Paulin François Alexandre Vial |
Final holder | François Jean Antonin Marie Amédée Gonzales de Linarès (as commissioner) |
The position of Resident-Superior of Tonkin (French: Résident supérieur du Tonkin; Vietnamese: Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ; chữ Hán: 統使北圻) was established on 8 April 1886 as a successor to the Resident-General of Annam and Tonkin (résident général de l'Annam et du Tonkin) when it was decided to have one French resident for the French protectorate of Tonkin and a separate one for Annam.[1]
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