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- Birth nameAdolphe Sylvestre Félix Eboué
- Public administrator in the French colonies, he bettered the conditions of the people in his regions. He became the first major Colonial French administrator to support Charles de Gaulle after his 18 June 1940 speech. He was thus a driving force in general Philippe Leclerc's actions in Africa. For this, he was one of the first 5 persons named in 1941 to the Ordre de La Libération. He is the only black Frenchman interred in the Panthéon.- IMDb Mini Biography By: lch-4
- SpouseEugénie Tell (June 14, 1922 - May 17, 1944) (his death, 2 children)
- His daughter Ginette (Paris 1 March 1922-1992) was the first wife of Léopold Sédar Senghor.
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