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Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (died 1951)

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Philippe Pétain

French general (1856–1951)

Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain, better known as Marshal Pétain, was a French marshal who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II.
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Prime Minister of France

Head of government of France

The prime minister of France, officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and leader of its Council of Ministers, although the officeholder does not chair its meetings, as the president does.
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