Auguste Pavie | |
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![]() Auguste Pavie in 1893. | |
Born | 31 May 1847 |
Died | 7 June 1925 Thourie, Brittany, France | (aged 78)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Explorer and diplomat |
Known for | First French vice-consul in Luang Prabang, Laos |
Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (31 May 1847 – 7 June 1925[1]) was a French colonial civil servant, explorer and diplomat who was instrumental in establishing French control over Laos in the last two decades of the 19th century. After a long career in Cambodia and Cochinchina, Pavie became the first French vice-consul in Luang Prabang in 1886, eventually becoming the first Governor-General and plenipotentiary minister of the newly formed French colony of Laos.
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