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, he began his career in diplomacy. In 1937, he was secretary general of the presidency of the council and was General Delegate of Free France in the Levant from 1943 to 1944, governor general of Algeria from September 8, 1944, to February 11, 1948, French ambassador to Moscow and diplomatic adviser to the government from 1949 to 1954. He was elected a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1967. In

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's ''Memoirs of War'', Chataigneau is designated as ''the man of the repression of

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'', but he was not even in Algeria at the time of the events.Academie en ligne, FR01/AL7FR01TDPA0111-Sequence-02 Moreover, he was so appreciated by the Algerians that they nicknamed him Mohammed. According to

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, he had to bear the responsibility for a repression decided upon by his subordinates in a completely different spirit than his.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chataigneau, Yves Governors general of Algeria Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques 1891 births 1969 deaths Ambassadors of France to the Soviet Union People from Vienne French military personnel of World War I