About René Petitbon
Lived 1902 – 1965 (aged 62). René Petitbon was a French official.
René Jean Albert Petitbon (18 August 1902 – 2 February 1965) was a French colonial administrator who served as Governor of French Polynesia and French Somaliland in the 1950s.
Biography Petitbon was born in Pau in 1902, He became deputy director for the Haut-Rhin region in 1935 and then served as director general of the Banques Populaire of the North Paris region from 1937 until 1944. He served in French Somaliland until 1957, and later worked in Algeria again between 1961 and 1962.
He died in Paris in 1965 at the age of 62.
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Who was René Petitbon?
French official (1902–1965)
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René Petitbon was born on 18 August 1902 in Pau.
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René Petitbon died on 2 February 1965 in Paris.
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René Petitbon was an official.
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René Petitbon was French.
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