Jean Leguay
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Jean Leguay (29 November 1909 — 5 July 1989) was a high ranking French civil servant, accomplice of the Deportation of Jews from France.
During the Vichy regime, Leguay was second in command to René Bousquet, general secretary of the National police in Paris. After the war, he became president of Warner Lambert, Inc. from London (now merged with Pfizer), and later president of Substantia Laboratories in Paris.
In 1979, Leguay was charged with Crime against humanity for his role in the organisation of the Rafle du Vel'd'Hiv, a vast round-up of Jews which took place on the 16 and 17 July 1942 in Paris.
Leguay died in 1989 without having ever been tried. However, in a statement unprecedented in the history of French justice, the judiciary officially stated after his death that his involvement in crimes against Humanity was ascertained beyond any doubt.
