Étienne Richaud

Étienne Richaud (Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud), 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.

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

Titles Held

Government offices
Preceded by
Théodore Drouhet
Governor-General of French India
October 18841886
Succeeded by
Édouard Manès
Preceded by
Ernest Constans
Governor General of French Indochina
22 April 188830 May 1889
Succeeded by
Jules Georges Piquet


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