Maurice Viollette Governor General of Algeria 1927 Signed Photo Card & Envelope

Maurice Viollette (3 September 1870 in Janville, Eure-et-Loir - 9 September 1960 in Dreux) was a French statesman.

He was chief-of-staff for Alexandre Millerand in the Waldeck-Rousseau government in 1898, and was elected as a député for Eure-et-Loir in 1902 and as mayor of Dreux from 1908-1959.

He acted as Transport and Supply Minister in 1917, Governor General of Algeria from 1925 to 1927, Minister of State for the Front Populaire, and author of the Blum-Viollette proposal of 1936, which proposed to grant French citizenship to Algerian elites. Ousted and placed under house arrest by the Vichy government, he was re-elected after the liberation and remained mayor and députe of Dreux and president of the Conseil Général of Eure-et-Loir until his death in 1960 at age 90.

Lot comprised by:

a) 5" x 4" 1/4 Card with printed portrait of Maurice Viollette, Governor General of Algeria. Hand signed and dedicated on March 17, 1927. Condition: Excellent - (Paper remnant on back from unmounting)

b) Front cover of envelope used to ship the card, postmarked from Algeria on March 18, 1927. Condition: Fair (Top right area where postage stamps should have been has been trimmed out, paper remnants on back from unmounting)

REF #: AZ-189

Provenance: From the collection of Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin (birth: Montevideo, Uruguay, September 21, 1880 - death: Montevideo, Uruguay: December 12, 1941), who spent over 20 years collecting autographs mainly from prominent political figures worldwide. He used to send blank cards with a newspaper or magazine clipped photo of the person, attaching a letter asking for an autograph and including a self-addressed envelope.

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