# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-hugues
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:56:02.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-hugues"
name: "Victor Hugues"
slug: "victor-hugues"
description: "Jean-Baptiste Victor Hugues was a French politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Guadeloupe from 1794 to 1798. He is best known for his actions during the French Revolutionary Wars, where Hugues played a major role in implementing the Law of 4 February 1794 which abolished slavery in French colonies. In 1799, Napoleon rose to power in France, and attempted to restore slavery in French colonies. Hugues, who had been personally opposed to abolition, oversaw in the restoration of slavery in Cayenne, where he purchased several slaves for himself. In 1809, Anglo-Portuguese forces captured Cayenne, with Hugues being disgraced upon his return to France. He returned to Cayenne and died there in 1826."
tagline: "French colonial governor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor_Hugues.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1762-07-21"
deathDate: "1826-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.173725333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "维克托·于格"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugues"
    title: "Victor Hugues"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugues"
    title: "Victor Hugues"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hughes"
    title: "Victor Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugues"
    title: "Victor Hugues"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugues"
    title: "Victor Hugues"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%85%ED%86%A0%EB%A5%B4_%EC%9C%84%EA%B7%B8"
    title: "빅토르 위그"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugues"
    title: "Victor Hugues"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hughes"
    title: "Victor Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugues"
    title: "Victor Hugues"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1553709"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump