1. Marcel Peyrouton served as the French Minister of the Interior from 1940 to 1941, during Vichy France.
19 Facts About Marcel Peyrouton
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Marcel Peyrouton served as the French Ambassador to Argentina from 1936 to 1940, and from 1941 to 1942.
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Marcel Peyrouton served as the Governor-General of French Algeria in 1943.
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Marcel Peyrouton received a Doctorate in Law from the University of Paris.
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Marcel Peyrouton's thesis was entitled Etude sur les monopoles en Indochine.
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Marcel Peyrouton joined the army as a sergeant in an infantry regiment.
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Marcel Peyrouton went into the air force and continued his services as a pilot-aviator in the squadrons of the front, in the Vosges, then in Syria.
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Marcel Peyrouton was appointed Chief Administrator of the Colonies in 1923.
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Marcel Peyrouton was Appointed Governor of the Colonies in 1929 and served as lieutenant-governor of the Middle Congo.
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Marcel Peyrouton next served as the Secretary General of French Algeria from 1931 to 1933, and as the Resident-General of Tunisia from 1933 to 1936.
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Marcel Peyrouton served as the French Ambassador to Argentina from 1936 to 1940.
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Marcel Peyrouton served as the French Minister of the Interior from 1940 to 1941, during Vichy France.
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Marcel Peyrouton served as the French Ambassador to Argentina from 1941 to 1942.
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Marcel Peyrouton was appointed as the Governor-General of French Algeria in January 1943.
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Marcel Peyrouton's offer was accepted but he was arrested preventively on December 22,1943 on orders from the Committee of National Liberation.
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Marcel Peyrouton gave evidence at Petain's trial chiefly on the arrest of Laval.
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Marcel Peyrouton was acquitted by the High Court on December 22,1948.
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The Legion of Honor Leonore database of recipients contains no information on Mr Marcel Peyrouton suggesting that his award was revoked presumably in response to his collaboration with Germany.
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Marcel Peyrouton married Paulette Malvy, the daughter of politician Louis Malvy.