Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1932 |
Number: | 17 - 1 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Pierre Laval |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1883 |
Year, Death: | 1945 |
Profession: | Jurist. Prime Minister (1931-32) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1932) |
City: | Paris |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
Motivation: | Laval was nominated for his general achievements as politician, and for his efforts as Prime Minister to find a solution to Germany's payments problem due to the financial crisis in 1931. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | André Mercier |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Professor of International Law. Member of the Institute of International Law. |
University: | University of Lausanne |
City: | Lausanne |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Comments: | Mercier did not excplicitly state the reason for his nomination, but he enclosed a detailed curriculum vitae on Laval. In 1945 Laval was convicted and executed for treason. As leader of the Vichy government he had collaborated closely with Germany during the war. |
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