Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry

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Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry was a French Air Force officer and engineer best known for orchestrating a failed 1962 assassination attempt on President Charles de Gaulle and subsequently becoming the last person executed by firing squad in France.

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instanceOf French military officer
French monarchist
aerospace engineer
assassin
human
causeOfDeath execution by firing squad
charge attempted assassination of the President of France
treason
convicted yes
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1927-10-19
dateOfDeath 1963-03-11
educatedAt École Polytechnique NERFINISHED
École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace NERFINISHED
executionMethod firing squad
familyName Bastien-Thiry NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork aeronautical engineering
fullName Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry NERFINISHED
givenName Jean-Marie NERFINISHED
ideology French monarchism
anti-Gaullism
lastWords Vive la France
memorializedIn books about the Petit-Clamart attack
films and documentaries on de Gaulle assassination attempts
militaryBranch French Air Force NERFINISHED
militaryConflict Algerian War context
militaryRank lieutenant-colonel
notableEvent Petit-Clamart assassination attempt NERFINISHED
notableFor being the last person executed by firing squad in France
organizing the 1962 assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle
numberOfChildren 3
occupation engineer
military officer
opposedTo Algerian independence
policies of Charles de Gaulle
organization Organisation armée secrète NERFINISHED
pardonDecisionBy Charles de Gaulle NERFINISHED
pardonOutcome refused
pardonRequestedBy various public figures and clergy
placeOfBirth Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Fort d'Ivry, Ivry-sur-Seine, France NERFINISHED
plannedAssassinationDate 1962-08-22
plannedAssassinationLocation Petit-Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France NERFINISHED
plannedAssassinationTarget Charles de Gaulle NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
sentence death
spouse Geneviève Lamirand NERFINISHED
trialBy military tribunal

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Organisation armée secrète notableMember Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry