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Laurent Eynac (4 October 1886 – 16 December 1970) was a French politician who was appointed
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on 7 June 1935 until 24 January 1936. He was born in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille, Haute-Loire. In 1940, Eynac was appointed Minister of the Air in the government of
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. In this role, he served as part of the War Committee put together at early in the
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and consisting of Reynaud, President
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, Naval Minister
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, War Minister
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, Interior Minister
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, Eynac as Air Minister,
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chief Admiral
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, Chief of the Air Staff General
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and
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generals
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and
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.Kersaudy,
Norway 1940
', p. 84


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1886 births People from Haute-Loire Democratic Republican Alliance politicians Independent Radical politicians Ministers of transport of France Ministers of commerce and industry of France Ministers of posts, telegraphs, and telephones of France Members of the 11th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 13th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 15th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of Parliament for Haute-Loire French senators of the Third Republic Senators of Haute-Loire French military personnel of World War I Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite 1970 deaths {{HauteLoire-politician-stub