Jacques Le Roy Ladurie | |
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Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 17 April 1942 – 11 September 1942 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Caziot |
Succeeded by | Max Bonnafous |
Member of the National Assembly for Calvados's 5th constituency | |
In office 1958–1962 | |
Succeeded by | André Halbout |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Mihiel, Meuse, France | 28 March 1902
Died | 6 June 1988 Caen, Calvados, France | (aged 86)
Resting place | Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais[1] |
Occupation | Agriculturalist |
Jacques Jules Marie Joseph Le Roy Ladurie (French pronunciation: [ʒak ʒyl maʁi ʒozɛf lə ʁwa ladyʁi]; 28 March 1902 – 6 June 1988) was a French agriculturalist and politician. He played a leading role in agricultural syndicates in the 1920s and 1930s. During World War II (1939–1945) he was Minister of Agriculture in Vichy France for several months in 1942. He later participated in the French Resistance. After the war he was a deputy for the Calvados from 1951 to 1955, and again from 1958 to 1962.