Robert Paul Marie de Guise

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Robert Paul Marie de Guise (5 June 1872 – 7 December 1940) was a colonial administrator in various colonies of the French Colonial Empire. While he was Governor of Guinea, he was described as a "negrophobe and a snob" who "hated being here." His diary from the time was full of passages that were equal parts "melancholy homesickness" and "racist ranting." During his brief tenure as governor of Guinea, he vetoed numerous proposals to improve infrastructure in the colony on the grounds that he thought it would be a waste of money and resources.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Reservoirs of Men: A History of the Black Troops of French West Africa by Shelby Cullom Davis
Government offices
Preceded by Governor General of French Equatorial Africa
(Acting)

28 February 1923–8 July 1924
Succeeded by
Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa
(Acting)
Preceded by Governor of French India[1]
1928–1931
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Louis François Antonin
(Acting)
Governor of Guinea
28 February 1931–1 January 1932
Succeeded by
Joseph Zébédée Olivier Vadier


  1. ^ Peter Truhart (1 January 2003). Asia & Pacific Oceania. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 685–. ISBN 978-3-11-096746-3.