Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Vichy France

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The Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Vichy France was a top-ranking governmental post in the collaborationist Vichy regime, effectively serving as a chief deputy to Marshal Pétain in directing the state's administrative and political affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet position
government office
political office in France
appliesToJurisdiction French State (Vichy regime)
appointedBy Chief of State of Vichy France
Philippe Pétain
country French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy France
dissolvedOrAbolished 1944
endCause liberation of France in 1944
firstHolder Pierre Laval
hasQuality authoritarian
collaborationist
historicalPeriod German occupation of France
World War II
inception 1940
jurisdiction entire French State under Vichy authority
unoccupied zone of France (initially)
languageOfWorkOrName French
legalForm executive office defined by Vichy constitutional acts
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity France
Vichy
nativeLabel Vice-président du Conseil des ministres
notableOfficeHolder François Darlan
Pierre Laval
Pierre Laval
surface form: Pierre Laval (second tenure)

Pierre-Étienne Flandin
officeCreatedFor French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy regime
officeHolderFunction coordinating the Council of Ministers
directing administrative affairs of the Vichy state
implementing collaboration policies with Nazi Germany
overseeing internal political affairs
preparing and executing legislation and decrees
officeHolderRole chief deputy to Marshal Pétain
head of government in practice at various times
partOf Council of Ministers of France
surface form: Council of Ministers of Vichy France

French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Government of Vichy France
politicalAlignment collaboration with Nazi Germany
politicalSystem authoritarian regime
one-party dominated system
replaced President of the Council of Ministers of the French Third Republic
replacedBy head of government of the Provisional Government of the French Republic
seat Vichy, Allier
significantEvent constitutional acts of July 1940 in France
subordinateTo Chief of State of Vichy France
Philippe Pétain
symbolizes executive power of the Vichy regime

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François Darlan positionHeld Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Vichy France