Henri Gout was a French

France

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 politician.

Born in Badens

Badens

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 (Aude

Aude

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), he studied medicine

Medicine

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 before becoming involved in politics as a member of the Radical Party. For his services during the First World War he received the Croix de guerre

Croix de guerre

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He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies

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 to represent Aude in 1928 and served until 1940. In the Chamber he was interested in public health measures.

Gout was one of the eighty

The Vichy 80

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 who voted against granting special powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain

Philippe Pétain

Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain , generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain , was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944...

 on 10 July 1940. His opposition to Pétain and Pierre Laval

Pierre Laval

Pierre Laval was a French politician. He was four times President of the council of ministers of the Third Republic, twice consecutively. Following France's Armistice with Germany in 1940, he served twice in the Vichy Regime as head of government, signing orders permitting the deportation of...

 resulted in his expulsion from the Chamber and later house arrest in the Ariège

Ariège

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After the liberation, he was appointed mayor of Carcassonne

Carcassonne

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, and held the post in the elections of 1945 until 1947. He died at Carcassone. He was a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur

Légion d'honneur

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