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Patrice de MacMahon Patrice de Mac Mahon Marshal captured at Sedan who led the Versailles army against the Paris Commune and became the president of “Moral Order” Military command · France state institutions 1808–1893
Gustave Paul Cluseret Gustave Paul Cluseret French soldier who served as the Paris Commune’s Delegate for War Military command · France state institutions 1823–1900
Georges Clemenceau Georges Clemenceau Radical French prime minister at the end of the First World War who pressed harsh terms on Hungary at the Paris Peace Conference Political and party leadership · France state institutions 1841–1929
Louis Nathaniel Rossel Louis Rossel French army officer who served as the Paris Commune’s war delegate Military command · France state institutions 1844–1871
Jules Guesde Jules Guesde Veteran founder of French Marxist socialism who entered the Union sacrée government in 1914 Political and party leadership · France state institutions 1845–1922
Raoul Rigault Raoul Rigault Blanquist revolutionary and head of the Paris Commune police Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions 1846–1871
Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch French marshal who as Allied supreme commander in 1918 led the counter-offensive and dictated the armistice Military command · France state institutions 1851–1929
Robert Nivelle Robert Nivelle French commander-in-chief whose failed offensive of 1917 brought on the army mutinies and his dismissal Military command · France state institutions 1856–1924
Philippe Pétain Philippe Pétain A marshal whose Verdun prestige ended in Vichy collaboration Military command · France state institutions 1856–1951
Marcel Sembat Marcel Sembat French Socialist deputy who joined the Union sacrée government as Minister of Public Works in 1914 Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1862–1922
Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand From Foch's brilliant staff officer to a general of defeat and accommodation Military command · France state institutions 1867–1965
Albert François Lebrun Albert Lebrun Last president of the Third Republic, who signed the 1940 transfer of power Legislature and state representation · France state institutions 1871–1950
Léon Blum Léon Blum France's first Socialist prime minister, who left behind paid holidays and the 40-hour week Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1872–1950
Maurice Gamelin Maurice Gamelin A commander-in-chief caught between defensive doctrine and forward deployment Military command · France state institutions 1872–1958
Fernand Vix Fernand Vix French officer who headed the Entente military mission in Budapest and delivered the Vix note in March 1919 Military command · France state institutions 1876–1941
Jean Chiappe Jean Chiappe The Paris prefect of police, hard on the left and indulgent to the leagues, whose dismissal lit the fuse of 6 February Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions 1878–1940
Robert Touchon Robert Touchon A French general whose 1940 command exposed the tension between mountain-war expertise and an old command system Military command · France state institutions 1878–1960
Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud A republican statesman who urged resistance in the face of defeat Government and administration · France state institutions 1878–1966
Charles Delestraint Charles Delestraint A tank-war innovator who became the Secret Army's first commander Military command · France state institutions 1879–1945
Charles Huntziger Charles Huntziger A general who embodied the military case for defeat and armistice Military command · France state institutions 1880–1941
Aimé Doumenc Joseph Édouard Aimé Doumenc Logistics, armor and the 1939 Moscow mission Military command · France state institutions 1880–1948
Pierre Laval Pierre Laval A republican politician who became an architect of Vichy collaboration Government and administration · France state institutions 1883–1945
Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier The Radicals' 'Bull of Vaucluse', who helped build the Popular Front and dismantled it with his own hands Government and administration · France state institutions 1884–1970
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Jean de Lattre de Tassigny The general who defied Vichy and led the Liberation Army Military command · France state institutions 1889–1952
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Carmelite friar and Free French admiral whose Republic of Cochinchina as High Commissioner opened the road to war Military command · France state institutions 1889–1964
Roger Salengro Roger Salengro The Popular Front's interior minister, hounded to death by the far-right press Government and administration · France state institutions 1890–1936
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle Charles de Gaulle A statesman who declared that France would continue the war amid defeat Government and administration · France state institutions 1890–1970
Henri Navarre Henri Navarre Last commander of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps, who chose to fortify Điện Biên Phủ and met defeat there in 1954 Military command · France state institutions 1898–1983
Jean Pierre Moulin Jean Moulin The republican who bound a divided Resistance together Social movements and organizing 1899–1943
Georges Bidault Georges Bidault From Resistance chief to architect of the Marshall Plan response, the foreign minister who told Molotov that Soviet actions divided Europe Government and administration · France state institutions 1899–1983
Raoul Salan Raoul Salan French commander in the First Indochina War and leader of the OAS. Military command · France state institutions 1899–1984
Léo Lagrange Léo Lagrange The undersecretary for leisure and sport who designed the workers' first holidays Government and administration · France state institutions 1900–1940
Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Free French armoured commander Military command · France state institutions 1902–1947
Vincent Henri Badie Vincent Badie A Radical Socialist who defended the Republic Government and administration · France state institutions 1902–1989
Christian de Castries Christian de Castries French general who commanded the Điện Biên Phủ fortress in 1954 and was captured when it fell Military command · France state institutions 1902–1991
Jean Sainteny Jean Sainteny French resistance veteran and official who concluded the 6 March 1946 preliminary agreement with Ho Chi Minh Diplomacy and international organization · France state institutions 1907–1978
Pierre Mendès France Pierre Mendès France French prime minister who promised a ceasefire within four months after Điện Biên Phủ and concluded the 1954 Geneva Accords Government and administration · France state institutions 1907–1982
Henri Rol-Tanguy Henri Rol-Tanguy Communist Resistance leader who directed the Paris uprising Military command · France state institutions 1908–2002
René Bousquet René Bousquet Vichy police chief who negotiated with the occupier Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions 1909–1993