caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
françois clozel c. 1902 william merlaud-ponty joost van vollenhoven 10 may 1918 annonay rabat french governor general of french west africa 29 march 1860 14 june 1915 françois clozel.jpg françois joseph clozel
 3 june 1917 marie françois joseph clozel
françois joseph clozel

marie françois joseph clozel -lrb- 29 march 1860 - 10 may 1918 -rrb- was a french colonial administrator who became governor general of french west africa .
interested in understanding the region , he took an active part in developing french scientific research in west africa in collaboration with the anthropologist maurice delafosse .
