Ludovic Tron
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| Born | 3 January 1904 Molines-en-Queyras, France |
| Died | 24 October 1968 Paris, France |
| Victim of | premature death? |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
President of French deep state network Le Siècle for 15 years. | |
Ludovic Tron was a senior civil servant, then French politician. He was president of the deep state network Le Siècle for 15 years.
Ealry Life
Son of a customs official, he was Inspector General of Finance, Director General of Finance in Morocco, Secretary of State for Finance of the government of Algiers from 1942 to 1943, alongside General Giraud[1], then Director of the Treasury from 1946 to 1947 and president of the BNCI.
He was General councilor of the canton of Embrun in the department of Hautes-Alpes from 1951 to 1968. He was president of the Hautes-Alpes general council from 1960 to 1968 and socialist senator of Hautes-Alpes from 1957 to 1968.
He supported François Mitterrand in the presidential election of 1965 and was in charge of economic and financial questions. In the fictitious shadow-government made by Mitterrand in 1966, Ludovic Tron was presented as minister of economic affairs in a left-wing government.[2]
Ludovic Tron was decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1954. He was married and the father of four children.
Death
In 1968.Template:Cn
References
- ↑ Florence Descamps, Roger Goetze, Agathe Georges-Picot, Entretiens avec Roger Goetze, haut fonctionnaire des Finances (1937-1958)
- ↑ Cahiers secrets de la Ve République, Michèle Cotta, tome 1, 2007, p. 48.