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Marcel Déat

French socialist turned fascist politician (1894-1955) · France · On the map · Politicians · Died at 60

Marcel Déat was a French politician. Initially a socialist and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), he led a breakaway group of right-wing Neosocialists out of the SFIO in 1933. During the occupation of France by Nazi Germany, he founded the collaborationist National Popular Rally (RNP).

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In 1944, he became Minister of Labour and National Solidarity in Pierre Laval's government in Vichy, before escaping to the Sigmaringen enclave along with Vichy officials after the Allied landings in Normandy. Condemned in absentia for collaborationism, he died while still in hiding in Italy.

Country
France
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1955 · aged 60