Pierre Guillaume (French Navy officer)

Pierre Guillaume
Born11 August 1925
Saint-Malo, France
Died3 December 2002(2002-12-03) (aged 77)
Saint-Malo, France
Service / branchFrench Navy
Years of service1948-1961
RankLieutenant de vaisseau
Battles / warsFirst Indochina War
Algerian War
Other workOAS leader

Pierre Guillaume (11 August 1925 – 3 December 2002, also known as "'Commandant' Pierre Guillaume"[1]) was an officer of the French Navy. He took part in the Algiers putsch of 1961 and in the Organisation armée secrète, which opposed what it regarded as De Gaulle's treacherous abandonment of Algeria to the FLN terrorists.

  1. ^ Guillaume actually rose to Lieutenant de vaisseau, a rank properly addressed as "capitaine". "Commandant" is an address for officers commanding a unit, or for higher ranks.