Léon Solomiac

Léon Solomiac ( born July 20, 1884 in Cajarc, department Lot, † May 10 1960 in Cannes) was a French civil servant. He was acting head of state of the Syrian Republic, Governor of several French colonies and prefect in metropolitan France.

Life

Léon Solomiac was the son of a shopkeeper. In the course of his career in the French colonial service, he was appointed Commissioner in Beirut and Damascus in 1930 delegates in July 1925. France administered these places due to the League of Nations Mandate for Syria and Lebanon. After the deposition of Taj al-Din al - Hasani Solomiac officiated from November 19, 1931 as head of state of the Syrian Republic, to Muhammad Ali al - Abid was chosen by the Syrian Parliament president on 11 June 1932. Léon Solomiac represented after 22 May to 30 November 1933 on an interim basis Louis Fousset as governor of French Sudan. On 15 August 1934 he was the successor of George Bourret Governor of French India. He held until October 1936 this function. He was succeeded by Horace Crocicchia. Solomiac residues was used on April 21, 1939 instead of Dieudonné interim basis as Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa. In this office he was replaced on 3 September 1939 Pierre Boisson from. On November 7, 1940 Solomiac took over from Jean Rapenne an interim basis, the Office of the Governor of Niger. However, it was the Vichy regime as untrusted, was deposed and from December 8, 1940 replaced by General Maurice Falvy. In August 1944, Léon Solomiac was entrusted with the leadership of the official duties of the prefect of the department of Tarn. He replaced as " Prefect of the Libération " a prefect appointed by the Vichy regime in July 1944, and was, until the beginning of 1946 in the office.

Honors

• Officer of the Legion of Honor
• Honorary Governor General of Overseas France