The military governor of Paris is a post within the French Army. He commands the garrison of Paris and represents all the military based in Paris at high state occasions. He is also responsible for or
French president François Mitterrand and military governor of Paris Hervé Navereau reviewing troops during the 1989 Bastille Day military parade
Charles II d'Amboise, governor of Paris from 1493 to 1496
François de L'Hospital, governor of Paris from 1648 to 1657
Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte, commander of the Armed Forces in Paris from 1795 to 1796
Joseph Simon Gallieni was a French military officer, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies where he wrote several books on colonial affairs.
Military governor of Paris
…General Victor-Constant Michel: 1912–1914 Général de division Joseph Gallieni: 1914–1915 General Michel-Joseph Maunoury: 1915–1916…
The final assault on Toubacouta, Mahmadu Lamine's stronghold, in 1887
Execution of two Malagasy officials under order of General Gallieni
Frieze of Gallieni near the Rova of Antananarivo in Madagascar