Maurice Papon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Maurice Papon

French official and politician convicted of crimes against humanity

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1910

Place of Birth: Gretz-Armainvilliers, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 17-Feb-2007

Profession: politician, official

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Maurice Papon

  • Maurice Papon (French pronunciation: ?[m??is pap?~, mo?-]; 3 September 1910 – 17 February 2007) was a French civil servant who led the police in major prefectures from the 1930s to the 1960s, before he became a Gaullist politician.
  • When he was secretary general for the police in Bordeaux during World War II, he participated in the deportation of more than 1600 Jews.
  • He is also known for his activities in the Algerian War (1954–1962), during which he tortured insurgent prisoners as prefect of the Constantinois department, and ordered, as prefect of the Paris police, the severe repression of a pro-National Liberation Front (FLN) demonstration against a curfew that he had "advised." In 1961, Maurice Papon was personally awarded the Legion of Honour by French President Charles de Gaulle, whose government had been struggling with FLN terrorism.
  • Papon was also in charge of the Paris police during the February 1962 massacre at the Charonne metro station, which took place during an anti-Organisation armée secrète (OAS) demonstration that had been organised by the French Communist Party (PCF).
  • Forced to resign in 1967 after the suspicious forced disappearance of the Moroccan Marxist Mehdi Ben Barka, he was supported by de Gaulle in being named as president of Sud Aviation company, which co-created the Concorde plane. After May 1968, Papon was elected as a member the French National Assembly and served several terms.
  • From 1978 to 1981, he served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Raymond Barre under President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
  • Between the two rounds of the May 1981 presidential election, where Giscard d'Estaing was running for a second term, details about Papon's past were leaked in Le Canard enchaîné newspaper.
  • Documents signed by Papon were made public that showed his responsibility in the deportation of 1,690 Bordeaux Jews to Drancy internment camp from 1942–44.
  • After a long investigation and protracted legal wranglings, he was eventually tried. In 1998, Papon was convicted of crimes against humanity.
  • He was released from prison early, in 2002, for ill health.

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