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Pierre Jean Marie Laval ( French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ laval]; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served as Prime Minister of France from 1931 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1936. He again occupied the post during the German occupation, from 1942 to 1944.
Pierre Laval, né le 28 juin 1883 à Châteldon ( Puy-de-Dôme) et mort exécuté le 15 octobre 1945 à la prison de Fresnes ( Seine ), est un homme d'État français, figure centrale de la collaboration durant l' occupation de la France par l'Allemagne nazie.
Jun 24, 2024 · Pierre Laval (born June 28, 1883, Châteldon, France—died Oct. 15, 1945, Paris) was a French politician and statesman who led the Vichy government in policies of collaboration with Germany during World War II, for which he was ultimately executed as a traitor to France.
Feb 9, 2010 · Pierre Laval, the puppet leader of Nazi-occupied Vichy France, is executed by firing squad for treason against France. Laval, originally a deputy and senator of pacifist tendencies,...
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Head of the Vichy government in France during World War II; considered by many to be the evil mastermind of collaboration. Pierre Laval was born in Châteldon, in the Auvergne, to a family of shopkeepers. He did well in school, earning his Certificate of Primary Studies at twelve.
Prime Minister of France 1931–2, 1935–6; French dictator 1940, 1942–5 A student of law, he became an advocate of the working classes and joined the Socialist Party in 1903. He became a parliamentary Deputy in 1914, but was increasingly at odds with his party owing to his opposition to the war.
May 21, 2018 · The French politician Pierre Laval (1883-1945) served as chief minister in the World War II Vichy regime. He was later tried for treason and executed. Pierre Laval was born on June 28, 1883, the son of a café owner at Châteldon. Financing his legal education by tutoring, he entered politics on the extreme left.
