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Pierre Laval
Pierre Jean Marie Laval was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vichy France. After the war, Laval was tried as a Nazi collaborator and executed for treason.
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politics · French politician (1883–1945) · politician · lawyer · jurist · also Pierre Laval, Pierre Jean Marie Laval, Laval
Born 28 June 1883 · Died 15 October 1945 · Q151983
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2026· 3 entries
“an agreement would never have been achieved”
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olympics.com: 2026 WC Para Climbing World Series - Laval, France
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1948· 1 entry
And suggested that the firing squad who killed her father "wore British uniforms"
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1945· 15 entries
Died 1945-10-15.
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"by which I mean that I was never much of a Marxist
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To say with some justification that it had been "an excellent deal for him"
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Career landmark: attempted suicide.
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“Since parliamentary democracy wished to enter into a struggle with Nazism and fascism and since it lost that struggle, it must disappear. A new régime – one that is bold, authoritarian, social and national – must take its place.”
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“Opis: do żołnierzy plutonu egzekucyjnego”
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“Nie chce być zabity byle jak. Niech celują w serce!”
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“Mr Chamberlain is right to refuse to intervene in Spain, just as he is right to re-establish good relations with Italy. I hope that my country will not delay too long in following England's example.”
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“Chcę rozmawiać z urzędnikami sądowymi. Są winni jednej z największych zbrodni w historii ludzkości. Umieram, bo zbyt mocno kochałem moją ojczyznę.”
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“Premier umiera stojąc! Znajdę w sobie dość siły, żeby utrzymać się na nogach przez tę chwilę.”
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“Opis: gdy Moret przybył wraz z adwokatami Baraducem i Naudem do celi Lavala w dniu 15 października 1945; po tych słowach naciągnął na twarz prześcieradło, połknął zawartość jakiejś ampułki i rzucił ją z wściekłością pod nogi prokuratora, jednak nie udało mu się uniknąć egzekucji.”
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“I have always had simple ideas in politics. People take me for a shyster, but they don't know me. What I do is so simple that it looks to those who don't understand like something very complicated.”
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“Opis: słowa które Laval wypowiedział do biznesmena Jacques’a Barnaud.”
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“I tried to organize peace in Europe and I thought that the first thing to do was to bring France and Italy together. I thought that this was the first link in a chain which would one day lead us to an agreement with Germany.”
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“Opis: słowa które Laval wypowiedział do admirała Williama Daniela Leahy’ego – ambasadora Stanów Zjednoczonych przy rządzie Francji Vichy.”
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1944· 1 entry
Laval was imprisoned by the Germans
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1943· 1 entry
Laval became the nominal leader of the newly created Milice, but its operational leader was Secretary General Joseph Darnand
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1942· 1 entry
Career landmark: head of government of France (1942–1944).
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1940· 2 entries
“Opis: powojenna wypowiedź Lavala o sytuacji Francji w 1940.”
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of France (1940–1940).
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1935· 2 entries
Laval again became prime minister
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Career landmark: President of the Council (1935–1936).
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1934· 3 entries
And served as Minister of the Colonies and then Foreign Minister
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (1934–1936).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Colonies (1934–1934).
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1931· 6 entries
“France remained healthy thanks to work and savings”
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Career landmark: President of the Council (1931–1932).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Interior of France (1931–1932).
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Was mostly unaffected by the world economic crisis
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Austria underwent a banking crisis when its largest bank, the Creditanstalt, was revealed to be nearly bankrupt
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Laval became prime minister, but his government fell only a year later
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1930· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Labour (1930–1930).
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1927· 2 entries
Career landmark: senator of the French Third Republic (1927–1940).
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Laval was elected Senator for the Seine, which withdrew him from and placed himself above the political battles for majorities in the Chamber of Deputies
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1926· 1 entry
Before Laval took it over
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1925· 1 entry
Laval had ended the strike of mine workers
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1924· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1924–1927).
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Returned to the Chamber as an independent, and was elected to the Senate three years later
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1923· 2 entries
Aubervilliers, north of Paris, needed a mayor
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Career landmark: Mayor of Aubervilliers (1923–1945).
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1920· 1 entry
Which petered out with thousands of workers being laid off
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1914· 2 entries
“What is going on is abominable. A cry of indignation goes up at such a situation. Today, Germany, who lost the war, has more territory than she had before 1914... I demand that the government should find the solution. But there's one which is impossible and that is to let Germany go on with what she's doing.”
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Was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), and he remained committed to his pacifist convictions during the First World War
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1911· 1 entry
Stood for the National Assembly in the Neuilly-Boulogne electoral district and caused the conservative candidate Édouard Nortier to win since Laval stood in the second round despite the Radical candidate, Alexandre Pe
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1909· 3 entries
The daughter of the Socialist politician Dr Joseph Claussat
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And was famous for his defence of strikers, trade unionists and leftists from government prosecution
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A "lawyer of the poor people", who was near syndicalists of the CGT
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1903· 2 entries
Was called up for military service and, after serving in the ranks, was discharged for varicose veins
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While he was living in Saint-Étienne, 55 km (34 mi) southwest of Lyon
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1901· 1 entry
The Radical Party became the hinge faction of the Third Republic, and its support or defection often meant the survival or the collapse of governments
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1883· 1 entry
Born 1883-06-28.
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