Jean Baptiste Pascal Eugène Chiappe (3 May 1878 – 27 November 1940) was a high-ranking French civil servant. Chiappe was director of the ''

Sûreté générale (; , but usually translated as afety" or "security)"Security" in French is ''sécurité''. The ''sûreté'' was originally called ''Brigade de Sûreté'' ("Surety Brigade"). is, in many French-speaking countries or regions, the organizational ...

'' in the 1920s. He was subsequently given the post of Préfet de police in the 1930s, a role in which he was very popular. His politics tended towards the right, and successive leftist governments tried in vain to dislodge him. Finally, on 3 February 1934,

Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier (; 18 June 1884 – 10 October 1970) was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, and the Prime Minister of France who signed the Munich Agreement before the outbreak of World War II. Daladier was born in Carpe ...

, new president of the ''Conseil'', recalled him from his post. The

far-right leagues The far-right leagues (french: ligues d'extrême droite) were several French far-right movements opposed to parliamentarism, which mainly dedicated themselves to military parades, street brawls, demonstrations and riots. The term ''ligue'' was ...

promptly organized a large demonstration of support on 6 February 1934, which rapidly degenerated into a riot against the republic and the government. This disturbance is referenced in

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

's film '' Diary of a Chambermaid'' (1964). At the denouement of the film, right-wing protesters are seen chanting ''Vive Chiappe!'' outside the café owned by a sympathizer in Cherbourg. This was Buñuel's payback for Chiappe's role in banning the Buñuel- Dalí film '' L'Age d'Or'' (1930), when Chiappe was Prefect of Police for Paris. In autumn 1940, Chiappe was made high-commissioner of France in the

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. The aircraft taking him to

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was shot down by mistake by Italian air force taking part in the

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near

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

. The pilot, Henri Guillaumet, the other members of the crew including , and the two passengers, Chiappe and his leader of the cabinet, were killed.

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