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- Bidault, Georges 1899-1983. French
- politician. As a leader of the Movement
- Republicaine Populaire, he held office as
- prime minister and foreign minister in a
- number of unstable administrations of
- 1944-54. In 1962 he became head of the
- Organisation de l'Armee Secrete (OAS), formed
- 1961 by French settlers devoted to
- perpetuating their own rule in Algeria. He
- was charged with treason in 1963 and left the
- country, but was allowed to return in 1968.
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