Marcel Déat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French politician. Socialist and fascist
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Place of Birth: Guérigny, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Marcel Déat
- Marcel Déat (7 March 1894 – 5 January 1955) was a French socialist politician until 1933, when he initiated a spin-off from the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) along with other right-wing 'Neosocialists'.
- During the occupation of France by Nazi Germany, he founded the collaborationist National Popular Rally (RNP).
- In 1944, he became Minister of Labour and National Solidarity in Pierre Laval's government in Vichy, before escaping to the Sigmaringen enclave along with Vichy officials after the Allied landings in Normandy.
- Condemned in absentia for collaborationism, he died while still in hiding in Italy.
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