 jean moulin (20 june 1899 â 8 july 1943) was a high-profile member of the resistance in france during world war ii. bbc: jean moulin (1899 - 1943) he is remembered today as an emblem of the resistance, owing mainly to his role in unifying the french resistance under de gaulle and his courage and death at the hands of the gestapo. ==before the war==  moulin was born on 20 june 1899 in bÃ©ziers, france, a town where his father was a professor in geography. he had a peaceful childhood with his brother and sister. later, following his father's example, moulin entertained strong republican convictions. in 1917 he signed up for the law institute of montpellier, and was appointed at the cabinet of the prefect of hÃ©rault. he enlisted in the french army on 17 april 1918, and was posted in the 2nd engineer regiment, but before he could join the battle lines after concentrated training, the armistice was called. de-mobilized in november 1919, he immediately applied for the montpellier prefecture, where he resumed his old function in the same week. the quality of his work brought him to be promoted to "chef-adjoint de cabinet" end 1920. after world war i, he resumed his studies and obtained a law degree in 1921. he then entered the prefectural administration as chef de cabinet to the deputy of savoie in 1922, then as sous-prÃ©fet of albertville, from 1925 to 1930. he was france's youngest sous-prÃ©fet at the time. he married marguerite cerruti in the town of betton-bettonet in september 1926, but the couple divorced in 1928. he was appointed sous-prÃ©fet of chÃ¢teaulin, brittany in 1930, when he drew political cartoons for the newspaper le rire on the side under the pseudonym romanin. he also illustrated books by the breton poet tristan corbiÃ¨re, including an etching for la pastorale de conlie, corbiÃ¨re's poem about camp conlie where many breton soldiers died in 1870 (during the franco-prussian war). he also made friends with the breton poets saint-pol-roux in camaret and max jacob in quimper. in 1932, pierre cot, a radical socialist politician, names him chef adjoint to his cabinet of foreign affairs under paul doumer's presidency. in 1933, he is sous-prÃ©fet of thonon-les-bains, parallel to his function of head of cabinet of 
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