| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Number: | 17 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Pierre Laval |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1883 |
| Year, Death: | 1945 |
| Profession: | Jurist. Prime Minister (1931-32, 1935-36) and Foreign Minister (1932, 1934-36) |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Motivation: | Laval, together with Samuel Hoare, developed the so-called Hoare-Laval Plan for the partition of Ethiopian territory between Italy and Ethiopia (Abyssinia), in order to solve the conflict between the two states. The plan clearly favored Italy, and was not implemented due to British opposition. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Joseph Barthélémy |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Law (Jurisprudence) |
| University: | Sorbonne |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Comments: |
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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