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Raoul-Albin-Louis Salan
(born June 10, 1899, Roquecourbe, France — died July 3, 1984, Paris) French military officer who sought to prevent Algerian independence. During a military career in which he became the French army's most decorated soldier, he served in France during World War I (1914 – 18), French West Africa (1941 – 44), French Indochina (1945 – 53), and Algeria (1956 – 62). Rebelling against Charles de Gaulle's decision to free Algeria, in 1961 he formed a right-wing extremist group, the Secret Army Organization, which terrorized France and Algeria. He was captured in 1962 and tried for treason.

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