Pierre Caziot was Minister of Agriculture and Supplies from 12 July 1940 to 6 September 1940, then Secretary of State for Agriculture and Supplies from 6 September 1940 to 13 December 1940 in the government of Marshal Philippe P*tain. He was Minister and Secretary of State for Agriculture from 13 December 1940 to 18 April 1942 in the governments of P*tain and Fran*ois Darlan. Caziot promulgated the law of 2 December 1940 that organized the Peasant Corporation. Although he was in favor of a national peasant organization, Caziot accepted the word ``corporation'' only at P*tain's insistence.
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