Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil

French businessman and activist

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1894

Place of Birth: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 11-Jun-1955

Profession: businessperson, activist, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil

  • Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil (1894–1955) was a businessman and activist, born in Solignac on October 30, 1894 and murdered in Casablanca on June 11, 1955.He married Simone Lesieur, daughter of Georges Lesieur – founder of the brand of edible oils of the same name (Huiles Lesieur).
  • Having joined its board of directors in 1926, he directed and developed the company until his death.
  • He owned the Maroc-Presse newspaper and had interests in the Printemps department store chain. A militant of the extreme right, he was one of the funders of La Cagoule in the late 1930s.During the Second World War, he was very active in the underground.
  • He was one of those who favoured the Allied landings in North Africa, on 8 November 1942, Operation Torch.
  • He was a link between Robert Murphy and Henri Giraud; when the latter arrived in Algeria, he was accommodated in Lemaigre-Dubreuil's houseLater, Lemaigre Dubreuil was very active in supporting Moroccan claims for autonomy, for which he drew fierce hatred from movements supporting the retention of Morocco as a French protectorate.
  • These movements, described at the time as terrorist-cons had many accomplices in European circles, including the French administration.
  • It is suspected the French secret service were closely related to some of them, such as La Main rouge (Red Hand). Lemaigre-Dubreuil was assassinated in Casablanca on the evening of June 11, 1955, in the square that later bore his name, at the foot of the "Liberté" building where he lived.
  • His funeral took place on June 14 in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Casablanca.

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