”’Pierre Lagaillarde”’ ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ laɡajaʁd}}; [[Courbevoie]], 15 May 1931 – 17 August 2014) was a French [[far-right]] politician, and a founder of the ”[[Organisation armée secrète]]” (OAS),<ref name=liberation/> a clandestine [[ terrorist| militant]] organisation that sought to prevent [[Algeria’s independence]] from [[French colonial rule]].
”’Pierre Lagaillarde”’ ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ laɡajaʁd}}; [[Courbevoie]], 15 May 1931 – 17 August 2014) was a French [[far-right]] politician, and a founder of the ”[[Organisation armée secrète]]” (OAS),<ref name=liberation/> a clandestine [[ terrorist| militant]] organisation that sought to prevent [[Algeria’s independence]] from [[French colonial rule]].
Lagaillarde was a lawyer at [[Blida]] in [[Algeria]], a reserve officer of the [[paratrooper]]s, and an elected deputy of [[Algiers]]. He was president of the ”Association générale des étudiants d’Alger” (General Association of Alger’s Students) in 1957, and took part in the [[Alger insurrection]] of [[May 1958 crisis|May 1958]], which brought [[Charles de Gaulle]] back to power.
Lagaillarde was a lawyer at [[Blida]] in [[Algeria]], a reserve officer of the [[paratrooper]]s, and an elected deputy of [[Algiers]]. He was president of the ”Association générale des étudiants d’Alger” (General Association of Students) in 1957, and took part in the [[ insurrection]] of [[May 1958 crisis|May 1958]], which brought [[Charles de Gaulle]] back to power.
Lagaillarde was a member of the ”Comité de salut public” which opposed [[Algerian independence]], and occupied the ”Gouvernement général de l’Algérie” (local colonial administration).
Lagaillarde was a member of the ”Comité de salut public” which opposed [[Algerian independence]], and occupied the ”Gouvernement général de l’Algérie” (local colonial administration).
In January 1960, he became a leader of the insurrection during the [[Algerian War#Week of barricades|week of the barricades]]. Lagaillarde was then detained in [[La Santé Prison]] in Paris, and while imprisoned, he was visited by [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]. He took advantage of his parole to escape to Spain (along with [[Jean-Jacques Susini]], [[Jean-Maurice Demarquet]], {{Ill|Marcel Ronda|fr}} and Fernand Féral Lefevre), where he was joined by [[Raoul Salan]] and co-founded the [[Organisation armée secrète]] on 3 December 1960. Deprived of his immunity as a deputy, he was sentenced ”[[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]” to ten years of prison in March 1961.
In January 1960, he became a leader of the insurrection during the [[Algerian #Week of barricades|week of the barricades]]. Lagaillarde was then detained in [[La Santé Prison]] in Paris, and while imprisoned, he was visited by [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]. He took advantage of his parole to escape to Spain (along with [[Jean-Jacques Susini]], [[Jean-Maurice Demarquet]], {{Ill|Marcel Ronda|fr}} and Fernand Féral Lefevre), where he was joined by [[Raoul Salan]] and co-founded the [[Organisation armée secrète]] on 3 December 1960. Deprived of his immunity as a deputy, he was sentenced ”[[Trial in absentia|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]].<ref>René Monzat, ”Enquêtes sur la droite extrême”, ”[[Le Monde]]”-éditions, 1992, p.91. Monzat quotes [[François Duprat]], ”L’Ascension du MSI”, Edition les Sept Couleurs, Paris, 1972.</ref> The Spanish dictator, [[Francisco Franco]], later exiled Lagaillarde to the [[Canary Islands]].<ref name=liberation/>
In October 1961, he was arrested in Madrid, along with the Italian neofascist [[Guido Giannettini]].<ref>René Monzat, ”Enquêtes sur la droite extrême”, ”[[Le Monde]]”-éditions, 1992, p.91. Monzat quotes [[François Duprat]], ”L’Ascension du MSI”, Edition les Sept Couleurs, Paris, 1972.</ref> The Spanish dictator, [[Francisco Franco]], later exiled Lagaillarde to the [[Canary Islands]].<ref name=liberation/>
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Pierre Lagaillarde (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ laɡajaʁd]; Courbevoie, 15 May 1931 – 17 August 2014) was a French far-right politician, and a founder of the Organisation armée secrète (OAS),[1] a clandestine militant organisation that sought to prevent Algeria’s independence from French colonial rule.
Lagaillarde was a lawyer at Blida in Algeria, a reserve officer of the paratroopers, and an elected deputy of Algiers. He was president of the Association générale des étudiants d’Alger (General Association of Algiers’ Students) in 1957, and took part in the Algiers insurrection of May 1958, which brought Charles de Gaulle back to power.
Lagaillarde was a member of the Comité de salut public which opposed Algerian independence, and occupied the Gouvernement général de l’Algérie (local colonial administration).
In January 1960, he became a leader of the insurrection during the week of the barricades. Lagaillarde was then detained in La Santé Prison in Paris, and while imprisoned, he was visited by Jean-Marie Le Pen. He 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 was joined by Raoul Salan and co-founded the Organisation armée secrète on 3 December 1960. Deprived of his immunity as a deputy, 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.[2] The Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco, later exiled Lagaillarde to the Canary Islands.[1]
Lagaillarde was pardoned by France through the 1968 amnesty law.[1]
