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Albert Briand

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Albert Briand
Born5 August 1909
Died29 May 1966
NationalityFrench

Albert Briand (5 August 1909 - 29 May 1966) was a French merchant and politician.

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Briand is the brother-in-law of senator Henri Claireaux.

Biography

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He edited the weekly publication L'Écho des îles Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ("The Echo of the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon").

With his brother-in-law Henri, he was a part of the collaborationist elite of Saint-Pierre, causing them both to be arrested in January 1944. Despite both being fervent anti-Gaullists, they became political adversaries.

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