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Léonce Lagarde
Léonce Lagarde was a French colonial administrator who became commandant of Obock in 1884 and extended French influence by treaties with the Sultanate of Tadjoura and Issa Somali clans. He founded the port of Djibouti and governed French Somaliland until 1899. In 1897 he negotiated a treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia fixing the border and making Djibouti the outlet for Ethiopian trade.
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