Emmanuel Monick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emmanuel Monick

French politician

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1983

Profession: official, banker, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Emmanuel Monick (January 10, 1893, Le Mans, France – December 23, 1983?) was a French politician and banker.
He was appointed Governor of the Banque de France during the liberation of France at the end of World War II, replacing Yves Bréart de Boisanger, Inspector of Finance in Vichy France. As the Secretary General of Finance in the Provisional Government of the French Republic from August 29 to September 4, 1944, he had to decide what to do about the gold that the Nazi Party requisitioned from the National Bank of Belgium following the Second Armistice at Compiègne in 1940, which they later sold to the Swiss National Bank.The 220 tons of gold were repaid to the National Bank of Belgium at the end of 1944 from the Banque de France’s own reserves.
Monick negotiated recovery for the Banque de France of 90 tons of gold and 250 million Swiss francs.