Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1936
Number:17 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Pierre Laval
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1883
Year, Death:1945
Profession:Jurist. Prime Minister (1931-32, 1935-36) and Foreign Minister (1932, 1934-36)
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Motivation:Laval, together with Samuel Hoare, developed the so-called Hoare-Laval Plan for the partition of Ethiopian territory between Italy and Ethiopia (Abyssinia), in order to solve the conflict between the two states. The plan clearly favored Italy, and was not implemented due to British opposition.
 
Nominator:
Name:Joseph Barthélémy
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Law (Jurisprudence)
University:Sorbonne
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Comments: In 1945 Laval was convicted and executed for treason. As leader of the Vichy government he had collaborated closely with Germany during the war.