André Maginot

André Maginot (; 17 February 1877 ? 7 January 1932) was a French civil servant, soldier, and Member of Parliament. He is undoubtedly best known for his advocacy for the string of forts that would be known as the Maginot Line.

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Maginot was born in Paris, but spent a part of his youth in Alsace-Lorraine, the region where later on the line of fortifications that he advocated would be constructed. After taking the civil service exam, in 1897 Maginot began his career in the French bureaucracy, where he would serve for the rest of his life. He worked as the assistant of the Governor-General in Algeria until 1910, when he resigned and began his political career. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies that year and served as Under-Secretary of State for War just prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

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André Dubosc and Françoise Rosay: La Femme En Homme 1931	André Antoine and Léonard Antoine: Les Travailleurs De La Mer 1918	Andréa Parisy and Jacques Charrier: Les Tricheurs 1958	French "Poilu" on Sentry Duty Behind the Maginot Line Poilu Means "Hairy One"
René Cresté and Yvette Andréyor: Judex 1916	André Lefaur Max Dearly Saturnin Fabre and Victor Boucher: Ils Étaient Neuf Célibataires 1939	Half-Length Portrait of the Film Actress Fern Andra	View of Communications Trench and Fire Trench Out Ahead of the Maginot Line