French Equatorial Africa

French Equatorial Africa
Afrique équatoriale française
Federation of French colonies (1910–1934) French colony (1934–1958)
1910–1958
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French Equatorial Africa
Capital		Brazzaville
Political structure		Federation (1910–1934) Colony (1934–1958)
Governor-General
•	1908–17	Martial Henri Merlin
•	1951–57	Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet
High-Commissioner
•	1957–58	Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet
•	1958	Pierre Messmer
History
•	Established	15 January 1910
•	Disestablished	September 1958
Currency		French Equatorial African franc CFA franc
Preceded by Succeeded by Ubangi-Shari French Chad French Congo French Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Gabon Republic of the Congo Cameroon
Today part of		Cameroon  Central African Republic  Chad  Congo  Gabon

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French Equatorial Africa (French: Afrique équatoriale française), or the AEF, was the federation of French colonial possessions in Central Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River to the Sahara, and comprising what are today the countries of Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.

Established in 1910, the federation contained five territories: French Congo, Gabon, Oubangui-Chari, Chad, and French Cameroon (after World War I), although the last was not organized as a separate entity until 1920. The Governor-General was based in Brazzaville with deputies in each territory.

In 1911, France ceded parts of the territory to German Kamerun as a result of the Agadir Crisis. The territory was returned after Germany's defeat in World War I, while most of Cameroon proper became a French League of Nations mandate not integrated into the AEF.