Georges Destenave

Georges Matthieu Destenave ( born May 17, 1854 in Saint- Cricq, † December 23, 1928 in Toulon) was a French military officer and explorer.

He was involved in several campaigns in North, Central and West Africa. In 1895 he tried in vain to reach Ouagadougou from Bandiagara, in order to sign a protectorate treaty with the local rulers. Destenave fought in the First World War and was wounded in 1916 in the Champagne region. He held the rank of brigadier general in 1918 and sat down to rest.

Its as administrator of the Shari region Ubangi -Shari in the colony (now Central African Republic) expressed repressive rules were known in the colony as a code Destenave.