Joost van Vollenhoven (born 21 July 1877, Rotterdam – died 20 July 1918, Parcy-et-Tigny, Aisne "département") was a Dutch-born French soldier and colonial administrator. He lived in Algeria, then a French colony, for most of his youth, and became a naturalized French citizen in 1899. His most important postings were as acting governor of Senegal and Guinea (1907), acting governor-general of French Indochina (1914-1915), … Wikipedia
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