Pierre Galopin was a French military officer who came to international attention when he was captured by a group of Chadian rebels, led by Hissène Habré, on 4 August 1974 in the Tibesti mountains, in the middle of the Sahara desert. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. Hissène Habré (born 1942 also spelled Hissen Habré, was the leader of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990 Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Tibesti Mountains are a group of Dormant volcanoes forming a Mountain range in the central Sahara Desert in the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى aṣ-ṣaḥrā´ al-kubra, "The Great Desert" is the world's largest hot Desert and the world's second largest He was tried by a "revolutionary tribunal", sentenced to death on 26 December 1974 and, on 4 April 1975, executed by hanging. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death
Commandant Galopin had been sent to the north of Chad to negotiate the release of Françoise Claustre, and her fellow hostages, by the French and Chadian governments. Françoise Claustre (8 February 1937 &ndash 3 September 2006 was a French archeologist who was taken hostage by a group of Chadian rebels led by However, it has been alleged that he had a second mission, which was to encourage dissent among the rebels, and it was for this, together with his involvement in the interrogation of captured rebels using torture, that he had been condemned. The extent of Hissène Habré's involvement in his death is also disputed. It has also been claimed that Galopin was a member of the Françafrique network, led by Jacques Foccart. Françafrique is a term that refers to France 's relationship with Africa. Jacques Foccart ( 31 August 1913 – 19 March 1997) was French President Charles de Gaulle 's and then Georges Pompidou 's
When he went on his final mission, Galopin was deputy to Camille Gourvenec, both as deputy commander of the Nomad and National Guard, and as deputy security adviser to the President of Chad, François Tombalbaye. Camille Gourvenec was an officer of the French external intelligence service SDECE, possibly with the rank of Colonel, who from 1966 was seconded as security The National and Nomadic Guard of Chad ( Garde Nationale et Nomade du Tchad or GNNT) is one of four defence and security forces in Chad. François Tombalbaye, also called Ngarta Tombalbaye ( June 15, 1918 &ndash April 13, 1975) was a teacher and a Trade union Galopin had spent most of his professional career in the Sahara Desert, first distinguishing himself with operations in Mauritania, and was in Chad during much of the period from independence in 1960 until his death. Mauritania (موريتانيا Mūrītāniyā officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
His remains were returned to France after Idriss Déby came to power. Lieutenant General Idriss Déby Itno (born 1952 is the President of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement.
External links
- St Cyr message board (in French)
- "The death of Commandant Galopin, an update" by R. Buijenhuijs (in French
References
- Le Monde, 29 December 1984, article by Christian Millet
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