Albert Briand


Albert Briand was a French merchant and politician.

Family

Briand is the brother-in-law of senator Henri Claireaux.

Biography

He edited the weekly publication L'Écho des îles Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon .
With his brother-in-law Henri, he was a part of the collaborationist elite of Saint-Pierre, causing them both to be arrested in January 1944. Despite both being fervent anti-Gaullists, they became political adversaries.