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Louis Armand

Louis François Armand (; 17 January 1905 – 30 August 1971) was a French engineer and senior civil servant who managed several public companies, as well as had a significant role in World War II as an officer in the Resistance. He became the first president of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) as chair of the Armand Commission from 1958 to 1959 before he was elected to the Académie Française in 1963.

A station on Marseille Metro Line 1 opened in 2010 under Boulevard Louis-Armand bears his name. Provided by Wikipedia