Georges Jules Piquet

Georges Jules Piquet (January 13, 1839 – January 18, 1923) was Governor General for French India (Établissements français dans l'Inde) in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic.

[1] He was aide-de-camp to Admiral Léonard Victor Charner, before becoming an ensign in June 1861.

In February 1869, he was appointed General Secretary to the Director of the Interior in Cochinchina, based in Saigon.

In May 1889, he was appointed Governor General of Indochina, a position he held until April 1891.

During his retirement, he lived in the family château at Chevignat and became mayor of Courmangoux, where he died on January 18, 1923.