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Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey ( November 17 , 1854 - July 27 , 1934 ) was a French general, the first Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925 and from 1921 on a Marshal Of France . BIOGRAPHY Early life Lyautey was born at Nancy ( Lorraine ). He graduated from the French military academy of Saint-Cyr in 1873 . He made his career by serving in the colonies and not in the more prestigious metropolitan France. The first years after graduating, Lyautey served as a cavalry officer in Algeria . He served from 1894 to 1897 in Indochina . He served from 1897 to 1902 under Joseph Gallieni , whom he had met in Indochina, in Madagascar . Lyautey reached general officer's rank in 1902 when he was made ''général de brigade''. Morocco The murder of French citizens in Casablanca was used as a pretext for Lyautey to occupy of Oudja in 1907 . Having been promoted to ''général de division'', Lyautey was Military Governor of French Morocco from 4 August 1907 to 28 April , 1912. After the Convention Of Fez established a French protecorate over Morocco, Lyautey served as Resident-General of French Morocco from April 28, 1912 to 25 August , 1925. An extremely apt colonial administrator, he is considered to be the creator of modern Morocco. During the First World War, he ably continued the pacification of the country, regardless the fact that France needed most of her resources in the struggle against Germany. In 1925, Lyautey lost military command of the French forces engaged against Abd-el-Krim to Pétain and resigned to return to France. Miscellaneous
QUOTE Lyautey has been suggested as the author of the famous quote about dialects stating that "a language is a dialect which owns an army, a navy and an air force" ("Une langue, c'est un dialecte qui possède une armée, une marine et une aviation."). A separate article discusses the Origin Of This Aphorism in greater detail.
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