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1881-1942. French admiral and politician. He
entered the navy 1899, and was appointed
admiral and commander in chief 1939. He
commanded the French navy 1939-40, took part
in the evacuation of Dunkirk, and entered the
Petain cabinet as naval minister. In 1941 he
was appointed vice-premier, and became
strongly anti-British and pro-German, but in
1942 he was dropped from the cabinet by Laval
and sent to N Africa, where he was
assassinated.