Joseph Galieni (1849 - 1916) French soldier, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies. Galieni is infamous in Madagascar as the French military leader who exiled Queen Ranavalona III and abolished the 350-year-old monarchy on the island.

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