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André Boutemy
André Boutemy (21 December 1905 – 14 July 1959) was a French lawyer, senior administrator and then politician.
He served under the Vichy government during the occupation of France in World War II (1939–45), and as a result was barred from politics until 1950.
In the immediate post-war period he distributed funds from industry to support right-wing politicians running for election.
He was elected to the senate in 1952 and was briefly Minister of Health in 1953 before being forced to
to replace Villiers on 10 February 1943.
André Boutemy worked with Villiers while he was mayor.
After being dismissed Villiers joined a Resistance network, and was later arrested by the Gestapo.
Boutemy saved Villiers from being executed by a German firing squad.
Instead he was deported to the Dachau concentration camp.
His fellow prisoners spoke with admiration of his deportment in Dachau.
He was liberated in April 1945.
Later career.
After the war Henri Lafond worked with Pierre Ricard, leader of the