Pierre Caziot | |
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Minister of Agriculture and Supplies (or Secretary of State) | |
In office 12 July 1940 – 18 April 1942 | |
Preceded by | Albert Chichery |
Succeeded by | Jacques Le Roy Ladurie |
Personal details | |
Born | Crézancy-en-Sancerre, Cher, France | 24 September 1876
Died | 4 January 1953 Paris, France | (aged 76)
Pierre Caziot (24 September 1876 – 4 January 1953) was a French agricultural expert and administrator who was Minister of Agriculture and Supplies in the Vichy government during World War II (1939–45). He was a strong believer in the value of the peasant-owned family farm, and promoted the "back to the land" policies of Marshal Philippe Pétain during the war.