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Éboué shaking hands with charles de gaulle in chad 17 march 1944 cairo , kingdom of egypt cayenne , french guiana 26 december 1884 250px félix Éboué
 félix Éboué
félix Éboué

félix adolphe Éboué -lrb- 26 december 1884 -- 17 march 1944 -rrb- was a black french guianan-born colonial administrator and free french leader .
he was the first black french man appointed to high post in the french colonies , when appointed as governor of guadeloupe in 1936 .
as governor of chad -lrb- part of french equatorial africa -rrb- during most of world war ii , he helped build support for charles de gaulle 's free french in 1940 , leading to broad electoral support for the gaullists faction after the war .
he supported educated africans and placed more in the colonial administration , as well as supporting preservation of african culture .
he was the first black to have his ashes placed at the pantheon in paris after his death in 1944 .
