[1][2][3][4][5][6] Starting in 1919, he spent 15 years representing the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs as a senior administrator in Morocco, collaborating with résidents générals Hubert Lyautey, Théodore Steeg, Lucien Saint, and Henri Ponsot.

[1][7] Urbain Blanc was born November 8, 1863, in Saissac (Aude) in France and studied at the Lycée de Carcassonne.

[1] September 1, 1905, he was named inspector general of the Ministry of Interior's administrative services.

[1] On December 30, 1907, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was named general secretary of the government in Tunisia.

[1] He would spend the rest of his career in his assignment to Morocco, collaborating with résidents générals Hubert Lyautey, Théodore Steeg, Lucien Saint, and Henri Ponsot, sometimes leading the French government in Morocco in interim periods.