Estéva, Admiral Jean-Pierre
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Estéva, Admiral Jean-Pierre (1880–1951),
Vichy French Resident-General of Tunisia. He made no attempt to resist the German occupation of the French colony in November 1942 at the start of the
North African campaign and was subsequently tried for failing to do so and condemned to life imprisonment. He was released in 1950.
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