Pierre Lagaillarde
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Pierre Lagaillarde was French
politician, and a founder of the Organisation armée secrète
(OAS).
Lagaillarde was a lawyer at Blida
in Algeria
, a reserve officer of the paratrooper
s, and an elected deputy of Algiers
. He took the presidency of the Association générale des étudiants d'Alger (General Association of Alger's Students) in 1957, and also took part in the Alger insurrection of May 1958
, which brought Charles de Gaulle
back to power. Lagaillarde was member of the Comité de salut public which opposed Algerian independence, and occupied the Gouvernement général de l'Algérie (local colonial administration). In November 1958, he was on the electoral list Algérie française (French Algeria), and then take the head of the insurrection during the week of the barricades in January 1960.
Lagaillarde was then detained in la Santé in Paris, and took advantage of his parole to escape to Spain (along with Jean-Jacques Susini
, Jean-Maurice Demarquet, Marcel Ronda and Fernand Féral Lefevre), where he joined Raoul Salan
and founded the Organisation armée secrète
on 3 December 1960. Deprived of his deputy status, he was sentenced in absentia
to ten years of prison in March 1961.
In October 1961 he was arrested in Madrid, along with the Italian neofascist Guido Giannettini
. Franco
then exiled him to the Canary Islands
.
Lagaillarde was pardoned through the 1968 amnesty law.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
politician, and a founder of the Organisation armée secrète
Organisation armée secrète
The Organisation de l'armée secrète was a short-lived, French far-right nationalist militant and underground organization during the Algerian War . The OAS used armed struggle in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence...
(OAS).
Lagaillarde was a lawyer at Blida
Blida
Blida is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name Blida, i.e...
in Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
, a reserve officer of the paratrooper
Paratrooper
Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force.Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land...
s, and an elected deputy of Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
. He took the presidency of the Association générale des étudiants d'Alger (General Association of Alger's Students) in 1957, and also took part in the Alger insurrection of May 1958
May 1958 crisis
The May 1958 crisis was a political crisis in France during the turmoil of the Algerian War of Independence which led to the return of Charles de Gaulle to political responsibilities after a ten year absence...
, which brought Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
back to power. Lagaillarde was member of the Comité de salut public which opposed Algerian independence, and occupied the Gouvernement général de l'Algérie (local colonial administration). In November 1958, he was on the electoral list Algérie française (French Algeria), and then take the head of the insurrection during the week of the barricades in January 1960.
Lagaillarde was then detained in la Santé in Paris, and took advantage of his parole to escape to Spain (along with Jean-Jacques Susini
Jean-Jacques Susini
Jean-Jacques Susini is a political figure and cofounder of the Organisation de l'armée secrète , a far-right organization opposing Algerian independence from France.-Life:...
, Jean-Maurice Demarquet, Marcel Ronda and Fernand Féral Lefevre), where he joined Raoul Salan
Raoul Salan
Raoul Albin Louis Salan was a French Army general and the fourth French commanding general during the First Indochina War. Salan was one of four generals who organized the 1961 Algiers Putsch operation and then founded the Organisation de l'armée secrète....
and founded the Organisation armée secrète
Organisation armée secrète
The Organisation de l'armée secrète was a short-lived, French far-right nationalist militant and underground organization during the Algerian War . The OAS used armed struggle in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence...
on 3 December 1960. Deprived of his deputy status, he was sentenced in absentia
In absentia
In absentia is Latin for "in the absence". In legal use, it usually means a trial at which the defendant is not physically present. The phrase is not ordinarily a mere observation, but suggests recognition of violation to a defendant's right to be present in court proceedings in a criminal trial.In...
to ten years of prison in March 1961.
In October 1961 he was arrested in Madrid, along with the Italian neofascist Guido Giannettini
Guido Giannettini
- Activism :He was active in the OAS support networks, and arrested in 1961 in Madrid along with Pierre Lagaillarde.Giannettini participated to the newspapers Il Roma and Il Secolo d'Italia, as well as to L'Italiano, headed by Pino Romualdi...
. Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
then exiled him to the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
.
Lagaillarde was pardoned through the 1968 amnesty law.
