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While serving as Minister of the Colonies, this man passed a law requiring any person intending to make movies or sound recordings to file a written request with the Lieutenant Governor of their colony. In a notable speech, he made a call for peace by referring to Stockholm as the "polar star," associating him with the socialist group "Bonnet rouge." This politician, who was supported by Otto Abetz, forcibly conscripted young men after his program to exchange one freed prisoner for three volunteers, called "La Releve," did not gain support. He opposed the "wait and see" doctrine championed by his predecessor, Jean-Francois Darlan. This man proposed the transfer of Abyssinia to Italy in an agreement negotiated with Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare in 1935. After a failed suicide attempt, he was executed at Fresnes prison in 1945, five years after becoming Minister of State under Henri Pétain. For 10 points, name this prime minister of the Vichy regime in France.
While serving as Minister of the Colonies, this man passed a law requiring any person intending to make movies or sound recordings to file a written request with the Lieutenant Governor of their colony.
Pierre Laval