Camille Blaisot was a French

France

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 politician and lawyer.

Blaisot was born in Valognes

Valognes

Valognes is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.It lies on the Merderet river, southeast of Cherbourg.-History:...

 and was elected in 1914 to represent Caen

Caen

Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....

 in the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of France

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. He served as Minister of Health

Minister of Health (France)

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 in 1931 and 1932 under Pierre Laval

Pierre Laval

Pierre Laval was a French politician. He was four times President of the council of ministers of the Third Republic, twice consecutively. Following France's Armistice with Germany in 1940, he served twice in the Vichy Regime as head of government, signing orders permitting the deportation of...

 and André Tardieu

André Tardieu

André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu was three times Prime Minister of France and a dominant figure of French political life in 1929-1932.-Biography:...

, and again in 1935 and 1936 under Laval. He broke with the government over arms sales to the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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, and in the late 1930s Blaisot was associated with the Liberty Front created by Jacques Doriot

Jacques Doriot

Jacques Doriot was a French politician prior to and during World War II. He began as a Communist but then turned Fascist.-Early life and politics:...

.

Blaisot did not vote in the parliamentary sessions at Vichy

Vichy

Vichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It belongs to the historic province of Bourbonnais.It is known as a spa and resort town and was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town's inhabitants...

 which granted extraordinary powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain

Philippe Pétain

Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain , generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain , was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944...

 and created the Vichy Regime. His attitude and activities led to his arrest by German security forces on 2 March 1944. He was initially held in a camp near Compiègne

Compiègne

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 and later sent to Dachau concentration camp where he died in 1945.

A number of schools and streets are named in his honour.