Jacques Faure | |
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Born | Bordeaux, France | 2 March 1904
Died | 9 April 1988 Paris, France | (aged 84)
Allegiance | France |
Service | French Army |
Years of service | 1927–1961 |
Rank | General de division |
Commands | 1er RCP 27e BIM |
Battles / wars | World War II Algerian War |
Jacques Marie Alfred Gaston Faure (2 March 1904 – 9 April 1988) was a French Army general and skier. He was the leader of the French national Olympic military patrol team in 1936 which placed sixth and in 1961 one of the masterminds of the Algiers putsch.