André Bettencourt was a French politician. He had been a member of La Cagoule, a violent French fascist-leaning and anti-communist group, before and into the Second World War; he then joined the anti-German Resistance late in the war. His earlier affiliation was not known when he later served as a cabinet minister under presidents Pierre Mendès France and Charles de Gaulle, and was awarded for his bravery in the Resistance against the Nazis.
- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, industrialist, French resistance fighter
- Position held
- member of the French National Assembly, Mayor of Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan, Senator of the French Fifth Republic, member of the general council
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
