Charles Antoine François Thomson

Charles Antoine François Thomson
Governor of Cochinchina
In office
7 November 1882 – 27 July 1885
Preceded byCharles Le Myre de Vilers
Succeeded byCharles Auguste Frédéric Bégin
Personal details
Born(1845-09-25)25 September 1845
Si-Mustapha, French Algeria
Died8 July 1898(1898-07-08) (aged 52)
Marseille, France
OccupationColonial administrator
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Charles Antoine François Thomson (25 September 1845 – 8 July 1898) was a French civil servant who was sub-prefect and then prefect of various departments of metropolitan France. Between 1882 and 1885, he was governor of the colony of Cochinchina in the south of what is now Vietnam. While in office he forced King Norodom of Cambodia to accept increased French control over the protectorate of Cambodia.

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