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'''Léon Solomiac''' (19 October 1873 in [[Cajarc]] – 10 May 1960 in [[Cannes]])<ref>[http://data.bnf.fr/12891207/leon_solomiac/ Profile of Léon Solomiac]</ref> was a colonial administrator in various colonies of the [[French Colonial Empire]].

==Life==
Solomiac was a son of a [[shopkeeper]]. In the course of his career in the French colonial service, he was appointed in July 1925 as a delegate in Beirut then in 1930 in Damascus, during the [[French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Nadine Méouchy|title=France, Syrie et Liban, 1918-1946. Les ambiguïtes et les dynamiques de la relation mandataire|publisher=Institut français d'études arabes de Damas|location=Damascus|year=2002|page=148|language=French}}</ref> After the deposition of [[Taj al-Din al-Hasani]], Solomiac officiated on 19 November 1931 as head of state of the Syrian Republic until 11 June 1932, when [[Mohammed Ali Bey al-Abed|Mohammed Ali al-Abed]] was elected by the Syrian Parliament to the presidency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Syria.html|title=Syria|work=World Statesmen.org}}</ref>

Later on, Solomiac went to Africa in which he became the governor of [[French Sudan]] from 22 May to 30 November 1933 on an interim basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mali.htm|title=Mali|work=World Statesmen.org}}</ref> On 15 August 1934 he became the successor of [[François Adrien Juvanon]] as a governor of [[French India]], he held this position until October 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India.htm|title=India|work=World Statesmen.org}}</ref> On 21 April 1939 he became the Governor-General of [[French Equatorial Africa]], he remained in office until 3 September 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Congo-Brazzaville.html|title=Congo-Brazzaville|work=World Statesmen.org}}</ref> On 7 November 1940 Solomiac took over from Jean Alexandre Léon Rapenne the interim post of Governor of [[Niger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Niger.htm|title=Niger|work=World Statesmen.org}}</ref> However, he was deposed by the [[Vichy regime]] as being not loyal to them, and was replaced on 8 December 1940 by General Maurice Falvy. In August 1944, Léon Solomiac was entrusted with the management of official duties of the prefecture of [[Tarn (department)|Tarn]]. He was the "Prefect of the [[Western Front (World War II)#Liberation of France|Libération]]", replacing a prefect appointed by the Vichy regime in July 1944, and was in office until early 1946.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tarn.gouv.fr/les-prefets-du-tarn-des-origines-a-a118.html|title=Les préfets du Tarn des origines à nos jours|work=Website of the Département du Tarn|date=September 2016|language=French}}</ref>

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{{Succession box | before= [[François Adrien Juvanon]] | title=Governor of [[French India]] | after=[[Horace Valentin Crocicchia]]| years=August 1934–1936}}

{{Succession box | before=François Joseph Reste| title=Governor General of [[French Equatorial Africa]]<br>(Acting) | after=Pierre François Boisson | years=21 April 1939–3 September 1939}}

{{Succession box | before=Jean Alexandre Léon Rapenne | title=Governor of [[Niger]]<br>(Acting) | after=Maurice Falvy| years=7 November 1940–8 December 1940}}

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[[Category:Colonial Governors of French Mali]]
[[Category:Colonial Governors of French Niger]]
[[Category:French colonial governors and administrators]]
[[Category:Governors of French Equatorial Africa]]
[[Category:Governors of French India]]
[[Category:People of French West Africa]]

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