Bertrand Bernard Léon Pujo, born on 26 August 1878 in Orignac, Hautes-Pyrénées, and died on 14 September 1964 in Paris, was a French military officer, briefly Minister of Air in 1940, and President of Air France.
Promoted to captain on 24 September 1912, he was assigned to the 18th Army Corps staff and earned his observer pilot's certification.
From July 1914, he became exclusively an aviator, performing numerous observation missions over enemy-occupied territory.
Promoted to major on 1 October 1916, he was appointed deputy chief of aviation at the Grand Headquarters.
In September 1926, he was promoted to the first section of general officers and awarded the commander of the Legion of Honour in 1928.
Accused of treason in November 1944, he was cleared by the High Court of Justice, which granted a dismissal of charges in light of his activities in the French Resistance.