Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud (French pronunciation: [etjɛn ɑ̃twan ɡijom ʁiʃo]), born on January 11, 1841, in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône, France) and died on May 31, 1889, in the Bay of Bengal, was the Principal private secretary of the Minister of Commerce Maurice Rouvier (Gambetta's Ministry), Governor of La Réunion, Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic.

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Monument to the memory of Étienne Richaud in Martigues (France)
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Monument to the memory of Étienne Richaud, detail

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Preceded by Governor-General of French India
October 18841886
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor General of French Indochina
22 April 188830 May 1889
Succeeded by
Jules Georges Piquet
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