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Biography
Marcel Peyrouton (1887-1983) was a French diplomat and politician. He served as the French Minister of the Interior from 1940 to 1941, during Vichy France. He served as the French Ambassador to Argentina from 1936 to 1940, and from 1941 to 1942. He served as the Governor-General of French Algeria in 1943. He was acquitted in 1948.
Early life
Marcel Peyrouton was born in 1887. He received a PhD from the University of Paris. His thesis was entitled Etude sur les monopoles en Indochine.
Career
Peyrouton served as the Secretary General of French Algeria from 1931 to 1933, and as the Resident-General of Tunisia from 1933 to 1936. He served as the French Ambassador to Argentina from 1936 to 1940.
Peyrouton served as the French Minister of the Interior from 1940 to 1941, during Vichy France. He served as the French Ambassador to Argentina once again from 1941 to 1942.
Peyrouton was appointed as the Governor-General of French Algeria in 1943. While American Jewish organizations objected to his appointment due to his recent Vichy past, US Ambassador Robert Daniel Murphy suggested Peyrouton was not antisemitic.
Peyrouton was arrested preventively on December 22, 1943, but he was acquitted by the High Court on December 22, 1948.
Personal life and death
Peyrouton married Paulette Malvy, the daughter of politician Louis Malvy. He died in 1983.
Works
- Peyrouton, Marcel (1930). Le char des dieux. Paris: Nouvelles editions de Paris. OCLC 33854134.
- Peyrouton, Marcel (1936). Itinéraire de Casablanca à Tunis (1922). Paris: Écrivains français. OCLC 2031793.
- Peyrouton, Marcel (1941). Paroles françaises d'Argentine. Lyon: H. Lardanchet. OCLC 12218469.
- Peyrouton, Marcel (1950). Du service public à la prison commune; souvenirs: Tunis, Rabat, Buenos Aires, Vichy, Alger, Fresnes. Paris: Plon. OCLC 2225836.
- Peyrouton, Marcel (1966). Histoire générale du Maghreb: Algérie, Maroc, Tunisie, des origines à nos jours. Paris: A. Michel. OCLC 3058775.