Henri Lafond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Lafond

French private banker

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1894

Place of Birth: Thaumiers, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 06-Mar-1963

Profession: banker

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Henri Lafond (20 August 1894 – 6 March 1963) was a French mining engineer and businessman who headed or sat on the board of numerous large companies and was involved in various industrial associations and committees both before and after World War II (1939–45). During the war he held a senior position in the Vichy government's Ministry of Industrial Production from 1940 to 1942. He was assassinated in March 1963, apparently by an OAS member due to his refusal to support the movement to oppose Algerian independence.