Governor of Algeria | |
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Gouverneur d'Algérie | |
Reports to | Head of State of France |
Residence | Algiers: |
Formation | 5 July 1830 |
First holder | Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont (as Military Commander) |
Final holder | Christian Fouchet (as High Commissioner) |
Abolished | 3 July 1962 |
Succession | President of Algeria |
In 1830, in the days before the outbreak of the July Revolution against the Bourbon Restoration in France, the conquest of Algeria was initiated by Charles X as an attempt to increase his popularity amongst the French people. The invasion began on 5 July 1830. Afterwards Algeria would become a territory within the French colonial empire from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems.
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