Saint-Béat, Haute-Garonne, 1849 - Versailles, 1916.
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- Galieni (Joseph Simon)
Marshal of France. Lieutenant in Bazeilles in 1870, he served from 1893 to 1895 in Niger, Senegal and Tonkin with the rank of colonel. Joseph Gallieni deposes the queen of Madagascar, Ranavalo. Governor General of the Oceanian Island, he knows, by his humanity, to conquer the heart of the Alalgaches and, by his talents as an administrator, to enrich the country.
The age limit reached General Gallieni (1913) when he sat on the War Council since 1908. The First World War gave him the greatest responsibilities. On August 26, 1914, he was appointed military governor of Paris.
In September, General Gallieni mobilized the capital's taxis and ordered them to transport the soldiers of the Sixth Army to the operational front. This brilliant initiative will allow the French to push the flank of the German troops of General Alexander von Kluck, to win the battle of Ourcq, to win the victory of the Marne.
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- Galieni (Joseph Simon)
Minister of War, from October 29, 1915 to March 16, 1916, in the Briand cabinet, General Gallieni resigned two months before his death. Posthumously, the Republic will raise him to the dignity of Marshal of France (1921). We owe Marshal Gallieni two important works:Lettres de Madagascar and La Pacification de Madagascar