The SAC (French: Service d'Action Civique; or Civic Action Service), officially created in January 1960, was a Gaullist militia founded by Jacques Foccart, Charles de Gaulle's chief adviser for African matters, and Pierre Debizet, a former Resistant and official director of the group. Important members included Charles Pasqua, part of the Gaullist movement and known as Jacques Chirac's mentor, Etienne Léandri, a friend of Pasqua, Robert Pandraud or Christian Fouchet. The predecessor of the SAC was the service of order of the Rassemblement du Peuple Français (RPF) Gaullist party. The SAC was dissolved under François Mitterrand's government in 1982.
Read more about Service D'Action Civique: Foundation During The Algerian War, 1960s: May 1968 and The "disappearance" of Mehdi Ben Barka, The 1982 Auriol Massacre and The Dissolving of The SAC, Successors of The SAC
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