Ernest Roume

Ernest Nestor Roume (12 July 1858 – 16 April 1941) was a French colonial administrator and governor of French West Africa from 15 March 1902 to 15 December 1907, and governor of French Indochina from 1915–1916.^[1]

Ernest Nestor Roume
Ernest Roume (on left), 1916
Governor General of French Indochina
In office 3 March 1915 – 22 May 1916
Preceded by	Joost van Vollenhoven
Succeeded by	Jean-François dit Eugène Charles
Governor General of French West Africa
In office 15 March 1902 – 15 December 1907
Preceded by	Noël Ballay
Succeeded by	William Merlaud-Ponty
Personal details
Born	(1858-07-12)12 July 1858 Marseilles, France
Died	16 April 1941(1941-04-16) (aged 82)

References

1. Conklin, Alice L. (1997), "Ernest Roume and the Reorganization of the Government General 1902–1904", A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930 (illustrated ed.), Stanford University Press, p. 40, ISBN 9780804729994

Further reading

• Paul E. Lovejoy et A.S. Kanya-Forstner (dir.), Slavery and its abolition in French West Africa : the official reports of G. Poulet, E. Roume, and G. Deherme, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994, p. 206 ISBN 0942615220