Camille Blaisot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Camille Blaisot

French politician

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1881

Place of Birth: Valognes, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1945

Profession: politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Camille Blaisot

  • Camille Blaisot (19 January 1881 – 24 January 1945) was a French politician and lawyer. Blaisot was born in Valognes and was elected in 1914 to represent Caen in the Chamber of Deputies.
  • He served as Minister of Health in 1931 and 1932 under Pierre Laval and André Tardieu, and again in 1935 and 1936 under Laval.
  • He broke with the government over arms sales to the Soviet Union, and in the late 1930s Blaisot was associated with the Liberty Front created by Jacques Doriot.
  • Blaisot did not vote in the parliamentary sessions at Vichy which granted extraordinary powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain and created the Vichy Regime.
  • His attitude and activities led to his arrest by German security forces on 2 March 1944.
  • He was initially held in a camp near Compiègne and later sent to Dachau concentration camp where he died in 1945. A number of schools and streets are named in his honour.

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