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René Bousquet (French: [ʁəne buskɛ]; 11 May 1909 – 8 June 1993) was a high-ranking French political appointee who served as secretary general to the Vichy French police from May 1942 to 31 December 1943. For personal heroism, he had become a protégé of prominent officials before the war and had risen rapidly in the government.
Faculté de droit de Toulouse. Profession. Haut fonctionnaire. Homme d'affaires. modifier. René Bousquet, né le 11 mai 1909 à Montauban ( Tarn-et-Garonne) et mort assassiné le 8 juin 1993 à Paris, est un haut fonctionnaire français, collaborateur avec l' occupant nazi pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale .
Le 8 juin 1993, René Bousquet meurt assassiné dans son domicile parisien. Haut fonctionnaire du régime de Vichy, il avait été inculpé deux années plus tôt pour crimes contre l'humanité. Son procès devait se tenir à l'automne 1993. La main d'un déséquilibré en jugera autrement...
Jun 15, 2023 · René Bousquet. Born in 1909, Bousquet became a national hero after rescuing dozens of people from drowning in floods: he was awarded the Legion of Honour and rose rapidly within the government, being named sous-préfet for Vitry-le-François in 1938, and a préfet in 1940 following the French armistice with Germany.
Nov 18, 2007 · The son of a radical notary from Montauban, René Bousquet became head of the cabinet of the Tarn-et-Garonne préfet at the early age of 21. After this impressive start, he quickly pursued his career at the Interior Ministry. The new head of government, Pierre Laval, noticed Bousquet in 1935.
René Bousquet, chief of the French police, and Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, the Vichy Commissioner for Jewish Affairs, were involved in preparation, and secured German approval to change the date of the roundups from Bastille Day (14 July) to 16 July.
Bousquet, Rene. (1909--1993), Chief of the French police during the period of Nazi occupation. Bousquet was responsible for the collaboration of the police in the rounding up of Jews and their dispatch to Drancy and other French transit camps.
Jun 8, 1993 · PARIS -- Rene Bousquet, who led the police during the Vichy regime and was responsible for the deportation of tens of thousands of Jews to German concentration camps during World War II, was ...
In 1949, René Bousquet, secretary general of the French police, was found guilty for his role in the complicit Vichy government, but his sentence was immediately commuted for "having actively and sustainably participated in the resistance against the occupier."
Jusqu'en 1991, René Bousquet était quasiment inconnu du grand public. Pourtant, cet ancien secrétaire général de la police sous Vichy est responsable de près...
