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Jacques Soustelle

1912 - 1990

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Jacques Soustelle (French pronunciation: [ʒak sustɛl]; 3 February 1912 – 6 August 1990) was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces, a politician who served in the French National Assembly and at one time served as Governor General of Algeria, an anthropologist specializing in Pre-Columbian civilizations, and vice-director of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris in 1939. Soustelle and his followers opposed any compromise with anticolonial activists in Algeria in the Algerian War. As Governor-General of Algeria, he helped the rise of Charles de Gaulle to the presidency of the Fifth Republic, but broke with De Gaulle over Algerian independence, joined the OAS in their efforts to overthrow De Gaulle and lived in exile between 1961 and 1968. On returning to France he resumed political and academic activity and was elected to the Académie française in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Soustelle is the 13,338th most popular politician (down from 12,127th in 2019), the 3,947th most popular biography from France (down from 3,638th in 2019) and the 821st most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacques Soustelle ranks 13,338 out of 19,576. Before him are Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Lucius Aemilius Papus, Mikhail Katkov, Oliver North, Ğazı I Giray, and Givi Javakhishvili. After him are Bashir ibn Sa'd, Pascoal Mocumbi, Mirko Marjanović, Habib Essid, Jaime Lerner, and Jules de Burlet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Jacques Soustelle ranks 232. Before him are Winthrop Rockefeller, Robert Jacobsen, Alexandru Todea, Otto Siffling, Sándor Végh, and Givi Javakhishvili. After him are Herluf Bidstrup, Roger Michelot, Mario Genta, Leonardo Cilaurren, Carlos Guastavino, and Carmelo Robledo. Among people deceased in 1990, Jacques Soustelle ranks 173. Before him are Magda Julin, Erkki Aaltonen, Araken Patusca, Boris Paichadze, Luis Trenker, and Germán Suárez Flamerich. After him are Laura Perls, Đorđe Vujadinović, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Ahti Karjalainen, Mário Pinto de Andrade, and Paco Godia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Soustelle ranks 3,947 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-François Séguier (1703), René Guillot (1900), Maxime Bossis (1955), Henry Bataille (1872), Philippe Sarde (1948), and Bernard Pivot (1935). After him are Sophie, Countess of Bar (1018), Hélène Vincent (1943), Armand Penverne (1926), Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt (1731), Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715), and Jérôme Carcopino (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jacques Soustelle ranks 821. Before him are Rachida Dati (1965), Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1877), Marcel Cachin (1869), Hugh VIII of Lusignan (1106), Jean-Pierre Chevènement (1939), and Robert, Count of Mortain (1031). After him are Gaston Defferre (1910), Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (1910), Geoffrey I of Provence (1013), Jacques Barrot (1937), Victor Schœlcher (1804), and Elias I, Count of Maine (1100).

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