In 1936, Lapie was elected deputy under the Popular Front but was mobilized into service at the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

[2] In 1942, he obtained a command in the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion and served in Tunisia and Libya.

He was reassigned as a Liaison to Britain in January 1943 before being appointed to the Provisional Consultative Assembly based in Algiers from October 1943 to August 1945.

In 1946, he was then reelected to the newly created National Assembly where he held several portfolios until an electoral defeat in 1958.

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