Pierre de Bénouville (8 August 1914 – 5 December 2001) was a

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officer, member of the Resistance, author, and politician. In 1941 he was arrested by the Vichy police for trying to join the

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Forces, which led him to dedicate himself to the resistance and create the Radio-Patrie movement. In 1943 the movement was absorbed into the

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, so he became a member of the executive committee, and he later fought in

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in 1944. For his work with the Resistance during World War Two, he was awarded the

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. He was a member of the

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in the 1950s for

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, but would later represent

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from 1970 to 1993.

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