Claude Piegts, born 1 January 1934 at Castiglione

Bou Ismaïl

Bou Ismaïl is a city in Bou Ismaïl District, Tipasa Province, Algeria. In 1998 it had a population of 27,000. Its French colonial name was Castiglione.-Notable residents:...

, French Algeria

French Algeria

French Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. From 1848 until independence, the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France, much like Corsica and Réunion are to this day. The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest...

, shot by firing squad in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 at the Fort du Trou d'Enfer 7 June 1962, was a pied-noir

Pied-noir

Pied-Noir , plural Pieds-Noirs, pronounced , is a term referring to French citizens of various origins who lived in French Algeria before independence....

 and a member of the Organisation de l'armée secrète (OAS). As a member of the OAS's Commando Delta

Commando Delta

The Commando Delta organizations were assassination teams under the control of the Organisation armés secrète in Algeria during the early 1960s. The teams "interdicted" European neighborhoods by assassinating Muslims who entered. The Commandos Delta were organized by Roger Degueldre in 1961...

, Piegts participated in the assassination of the Police Commissar of Algiers

Algiers

' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

, for which he was condemned to death.

Biography

A salesman in Algiers, Claude Piegts belonged to the Commando Delta under the orders of Lieutenant Roger Degueldre

Roger Degueldre

Lieutenant Roger Hercule Gustave Degueldre was a leader of the OAS Delta Commandos in the last months of French rule in Algeria. There is some dispute about his origins...

 during the Algerian War. He participated with Albert Dovecar

Albert Dovecar

Albert Dovecar was a sergeant in the French 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion. He was executed by firing squad at the Fort du Trou d'Enfer for his part in the assassination of French National Police Divisional Commissaire Roger Gavoury during the Algerian War.- Biography...

 in the assassination of Police Commissaire Roger Gavoury

Roger Gavoury

Roger Gavoury, born 7 April, 1911 at Mello, in Oise. Gavouy was Divisional Commissaire of the French National Police and Central Commissaire of Algiers, in addition to duties associated with French Morocco. He was assassinated by two members of the OAS, Claude Piegts and Albert Dovecar, at the...

 on 31 May, 1961. Piegts was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death.

Claude Piegts was buried in the cemetery of Le Touvet

Le Touvet

Le Touvet is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France....

 in Isère

Isère

Isère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...

, France.

Sources

• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding French Wikipedia article as of October 17, 2010.