French Madagascar
The Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies (French: Colonie de Madagascar et dépendances) was a French colony off the coast of Southeast Africa between 1897 and 1958 in what is now Madagascar. The colony was formerly a protectorate of France known as Malagasy Protectorate. The protectorate became a colony, following Queen Ranavalona III's exile to Réunion.
Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies
Colony of France (1897–1946)
Overseas Territory of France (1946–1958)
Joseph Gallieni
Jules Marcel de Coppet
Pierre Gabriel de Chevigné
André Soucadaux
Philibert Tsiranana
28 February 1897
14 October 1958
French franc
(1897–1925)
Malagasy franc
(1925–1945)
Madagascar-Comores CFA franc
(1945–1958)
In 1958, the colonial administration in Madagascar was abolished, and it became an autonomous territory of the French Community as the Malagasy Republic, which existed until 1975.
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