PIERRE MARIE GALLOIS Air Force general and geopolitician; (b. Turin/ Italy, 29 June 1911 – d. Paris, 23 August 2010)

Military associate of General de Gaulle – main initiator of the French nuclear weapon programme; commercial director of Dassault aviation (Aircraft manufacturing company)

Membership of SASA: Department of Social Sciences; foreign member from 23 October 1997

Awards and recognitions: Commander of the Legion of Honour; Military Cross