Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil

Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil (October 30, 1894 – June 11, 1955) was a French businessman and activist, born in Solignac murdered in Casablanca on June 11, 1955[1] presumably by members of La Main Rouge (Red Hand) for being allegedly sympathetic to the Moroccan nationalist cause.

An active militant of the anti-communism movement, particularly through his leadership of the Fédération des contribuables, he was one of the funders of La Cagoule in the late 1930s.

He was a link between Robert Murphy and Henri Giraud; when the latter arrived in Algeria, he was accommodated in Lemaigre Dubreuil's house[3] Later, Lemaigre Dubreuil was very active in supporting Moroccan claims for autonomy, for which he drew fierce hatred from movements supporting the retention of Morocco as a French protectorate.

It is suspected the French secret service were closely related to some of them, such as La Main Rouge (Red Hand).

Lemaigre Dubreuil was assassinated in Casablanca on the evening of June 11, 1955, in the square that later bore his name, at the foot of the "Liberté" building where he lived.