Auguste Pavie

Auguste Pavie
Pavie in 1893
Born31 May 1847
Dinan, Brittany, France
Died7 June 1925(1925-06-07) (aged 78)
Thourie, Brittany, France
OccupationsExplorer and diplomat
Known forFirst French vice-consul in Luang Prabang, Laos

Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (31 May 1847 – 7 June 1925) was a French colonial civil servant, explorer and diplomat who was instrumental in establishing French control over Laos in the last two decades of the 19th century. After a long career in Cambodia and Cochinchina, Pavie became the first French vice-consul in Luang Prabang in 1886, eventually becoming the first Governor-General and plenipotentiary minister of the newly formed French colony of Laos.

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