Achille Peretti
- Category : 1911-births
- Type : ME
- Profile : 5/1 - Heretical / Investigator
- Definition : Split - Small (21,57)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Confrontation 1
Biography
French politician, a lawyer by profession, and a member of the French resistance, who was in charge of security of Charles de Gaulle's government in Algiers.
After the war, Peretti pursued a business career. A member of the French parliament from 1958 to his death, he became chairman of the National Assembly in 1969 when Jacques Chaban-Delmas was nominated as prime minister. After the right-wing coalition's narrow victory in the 1973 elections, he had to step down and was replaced by Edgar Faure.
Peretti was the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1947 until his death on 14 April 1983. He was succeeded by Nicolas Sarkozy who had become his political protégé.