1. Charles Lutaud was a French administrator who became Governor General of Algeria from 1911 to 1918.
28 Facts About Charles Lutaud
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Charles Lutaud was a supporter of French settlement in the colony.
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Charles Lutaud felt that granting voting rights to the indigenous Muslims of Algeria should only be done gradually, as they advanced to the same level as the French.
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Charles Lutaud was born in Macon on 15 November 1855.
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Charles Lutaud's parents were Francois Lutaud, clerk of the justice of the peace, and Marie Corsin.
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Charles Lutaud was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Minister of the Interior, on 1 March 1883, and then deputy chief of staff to Francois Allain-Targe, Minister of the Interior, on 21 March 1883.
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On 10 April 1884 Lutaud was appointed sub-prefect of Boulogne.
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Charles Lutaud was appointed prefect of Sarthe on 24 May 1889.
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Charles Lutaud was made Prefect in turn of Corsica, Cotes-du-Nord and Haute-Garonne.
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Charles Lutaud took office at a time of anti-Semitic agitation by the colons.
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Charles Lutaud was a freemason, and soon became the target of anti-Semitic newspapers in Algeria.
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Charles Lutaud was appointed Prefect of Bouches-du-Rhone, Gironde and then Rhone.
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Charles Lutaud married Valentine Loucou in Paris on 28 July 1908.
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Charles Lutaud fully supported the European settlers, and allowed them to continue to acquire land.
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Charles Lutaud did not make any reforms that would help the indigenous population.
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Charles Lutaud declared that the Algerians were not essentially inferior to the French, but were backward, and the French had a duty to educate them.
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Charles Lutaud used this backwardness as an excuse for discriminatory policies.
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Charles Lutaud said that he had a profound confidence in the unity of the human race, and expected that by progressive steps the Algerians would be able to receive the same rights as the French.
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Charles Lutaud favoured the idea, and asked the North African Station for Forest Research to prepare a proposal.
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Charles Lutaud faced pressure from a coalition of liberal parliamentarians and the growing number of members of the Algerian elite who had received French education to grant full citizenship rights to Algerians.
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Charles Lutaud responded with minimal concessions to avoid making significant changes.
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In 1917 Charles Lutaud made a proposal to allow all Algerian soldiers to apply for French citizenship, not just those who had fought in Europe.
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Charles Lutaud replaced Lutaud by Charles Jonnart, who had already served as governor twice.
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In June 1918 Charles Lutaud was given the authority of a high commissioner of France in the Ukrainian People's Republic, which had made terms with the central powers in February that year with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
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Charles Lutaud was appointed an officer of the Legion of Honour on 10 August 1899, Knight on 13 July 1891, Commander on 9 January 1914 and Grand Officer in January 1919.
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Charles Lutaud's ashes are in the columbarium of Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
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Charles Lutaud has been called a good representative of conservative Jacobinism.
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Charles Lutaud left the reputation of a zealous, clumsy and brutal administrator, but was strong in his convictions.