the sultan Mohammed V in 1955. As Resident Minister in Algeria for the government of Guy Mollet in 1956, he was unable to take up his post because of demonstrations in Algiers by French residents on 6 February. Catroux presided over a board of inquiry, the Catroux Commission, that investigated the French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. He was also the judge in the military tribunal which tried the generals involved in the Algiers putsch of 1961. He died in Paris in 1969. References External links Georges Catroux , biography on the website of the Ordre de la Libération 1877 births 1969 deaths People from Limoges École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni French generals French military personnel of World War I French prisoners of war in World War I World War I prisoners of war held by Germany French military personnel of World War II Governors-General of French Indochina High Commissioners of the Levant Ambassadors of France to the Soviet Union 20th-century French diplomats Grand Chanceliers of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Aeronautical Medal Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Governors general of Algeria