Darlan Jean

  • Louis Xavier Francois
Identifier
000089
Type of Entity
Person

Dates of Existence

07/08/1881

26/12/1942

History

French admiral and politician. Supporter of Petain. Minister of the Navy in Vichy government. Petain's deputy from 1941. Head of the French government 1941 - 1942. High Commissioner of France for North and West Africa, November 1942. Executed by the Resistance in December 1942.

Places

  • Nérac, France

Sources

  • Biographical dictionary of World War II / Boatner III, Mark M. - Novato, CA : Presidio Press, 1996. - p. 117-119