Darlan Jean
- Louis Xavier Francois
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