Jouhaud, Gen. Edmond

Jouhaud, Gen. Edmond
▪ 1996

      Algerian-born French air force chief of staff who, with three other French generals, staged an abortive coup in Algiers, 1961-62, in an attempt to prevent Algerian independence; he was sentenced to death but eventually served only a five-year prison term (b. April 2, 1905—d. Sept. 4, 1995).

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