Vichy France - Notable Figures in The Vichy Regime

Notable Figures in The Vichy Regime

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  • Philippe Pétain, Head of State.
  • Pierre Laval, Prime Minister (1940, 1942–1944).
  • Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Prime Minister (1940–1941).
  • François Darlan, Prime Minister (1941–1942).
  • Pierre Pucheu, Minister of the Interior.
  • Maxime Weygand, Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and Minister of Defense.
  • Charles Huntziger, general and Minister of Defense.
  • René Bousquet, head of the French police.
  • Jean Leguay, delegate of Bousquet in the "free zone", charged with crimes against humanity for his role in the July 1942 Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.
  • Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Commissionner for Jewish Affairs.
  • Philippe Henriot, State Secretary of Information and Propaganda.
  • Maurice Papon, head of the Jewish Questions Service in the prefecture of Bordeaux. Condemned for crimes against humanity in 1998.
  • Simon Sabiani, head of the Parti Populaire Français in Marseille.
  • Paul Touvier, condemned in 1995 for crimes against humanity for his role as head of the Milice in Lyon.
  • Xavier Vallat, Commissionner General for Jewish Questions.
  • Marcel Déat, founder of the Rassemblement national populaire (RNP) in 1941. Joined the government in the last months of the Occupation.
  • Gaston Henry-Haye, Vichy ambassador to the United States of America.

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