Marcel Chevalier

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Marcel Chevalier was the last executioner in France. He succeeded André Obrecht in 1976 and held his position until 1981, when capital punishment was abolished under president François Mitterrand and justice minister Robert Badinter.

He attended at the last execution in France, on September 10, 1977, when Hamida Djandoubi was guillotined.

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