Lucien Romier

Lucien Romier (Moiré, 19 October 1885- Vichy, 5 January 1944) was a French journalist and politician.

After studying at the École des Chartes, where he wrote a thesis on Jacques d'Albon de Saint-André, he was a member of the French School in Rome. He made a career in journalism and was editor of the newspaper Le Figaro from 1925 to 1927 and from 1934 to 1942. Personal friend of Pétain, he was minister of State in Laval's fourth Ministry from 18 April 1942 to 31 December 1943.

He died of a heart attack while being arrested by the Gestapo.

References

Christine Roussel, Lucien Romier, Paris, France-Empire, 1979