Notable Figures in The Vichy Regime
See also: Category:French collaborators with Nazi Germany- Philippe Pétain, Head of State.
- Pierre Laval, Prime Minister (1940, 1942–1944).
- Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Prime Minister (1940–1941).
- François Darlan, Prime Minister (1941–1942).
- Pierre Pucheu, Minister of the Interior.
- Maxime Weygand, Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and Minister of Defense.
- Charles Huntziger, general and Minister of Defense.
- René Bousquet, head of the French police.
- Jean Leguay, delegate of Bousquet in the "free zone", charged with crimes against humanity for his role in the July 1942 Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.
- Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Commissionner for Jewish Affairs.
- Philippe Henriot, State Secretary of Information and Propaganda.
- Maurice Papon, head of the Jewish Questions Service in the prefecture of Bordeaux. Condemned for crimes against humanity in 1998.
- Simon Sabiani, head of the Parti Populaire Français in Marseille.
- Paul Touvier, condemned in 1995 for crimes against humanity for his role as head of the Milice in Lyon.
- Xavier Vallat, Commissionner General for Jewish Questions.
- Marcel Déat, founder of the Rassemblement national populaire (RNP) in 1941. Joined the government in the last months of the Occupation.
- Gaston Henry-Haye, Vichy ambassador to the United States of America.
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