Jules Gaston Henri Carde was born in Batna, Algeria on 3 June 1874.

He joined the colonial administration under Joseph Gallieni in Madagascar, where he remained for seven years until 1907.

[1] Succeeding Martial Merlin, Jules Carde was appointed governor-general of French West Africa on 18 March 1923, a position he held until 15 October 1930.

On 3 October 1930 Carde was appointed civilian governor-general of Algeria, a position he held until 21 September 1935.

Today his memory is perpetuated by the Boulevard Carde in Abidjan, the seat of the Constitutional Council of Côte d'Ivoire .