About Jean-François Toby
Lived 1900 – 1964 (aged 64). Jean-François Toby was a French colonial administrator.
Jean-François Toby (29 January 1900 – 28 June 1964) was a French colonial administrator who served as Governor of Niger, Ivory Coast and French Polynesia during the 1940s and 1950s.
Biography Toby was born in Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon (now part of Brest) in 1900. He was appointed Governor of Niger in 1942. In 1943 he was also briefly appointed Governor of Ivory Coast. He was succeeded by Pierre Sicaud in 1958.
Toby died in Plougonvelin in France in 1964 at the age of 64.
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French colonial administrator (1900-1964)
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Jean-François Toby was born on 29 January 1900 in Brest.
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Jean-François Toby died on 28 June 1964 in Plougonvelin.
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Jean-François Toby was a colonial administrator.
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Jean-François Toby was French.
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