Pierre Mendès France at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris

Pierre Mendès France (11 January 1907 – 18 October 1982) was a French politician who served as President of the Council of Ministers for eight months from 1954 to 1955. He was from the Radical Party and was head of government with the support of the Communist party. His main priority was ending the war in Indochina, which had already cost 92,000 dead, 114,000 wounded and 28,000 captured. Public opinion polls showed that in February 1954, only 7% of the French people wanted to continue the fight to keep Indochina out of the hands of the Communists, led by Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh movement. At the Geneva Conference of 1954 he made a deal that gave the Viet Minh control of Vietnam north of the seventeenth parallel, and allowed him to pull out all French forces. That left South Vietnam standing alone. However the United States moved in and provided large-scale financial, military and economic support to South Vietnam. This lifesize bronze sculpture by Pierre Peignot pays hommage to Pierre Mends France and can be found on permanent display at the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.皮埃尔·孟戴斯·弗朗斯（Pierre Mendès France，1907年1月11日—1982年10月18日）是法国政治家，于1954年至1955年间担任八个月的部长会议主席。他出身激进党（Radical Party），依靠共产党的支持组阁执政。其首要施政目标是结束印度支那战争——这场战争已造成9.2万名法军阵亡、11.4万人负伤、2.8万人被俘。1954年2月的民意调查显示，仅有7%的法国民众支持继续作战，以阻止印度支那落入胡志明领导的越盟（Viet Minh）之手。1954年日内瓦会议（Geneva Conference）上，他促成协议达成：越盟获得北纬17度线以北越南地区的控制权，法军则可全数撤出。此举令南越陷入孤立，随后美国介入，向南越提供了大规模财政、军事与经济援助。 皮埃尔·佩尼诺（Pierre Peignot）创作的这座真人等比例青铜雕塑，旨在向皮埃尔·孟戴斯·弗朗斯致敬，目前永久陈列于巴黎卢森堡公园（Jardin du Luxembourg）。 该作品隶属于“扫描全球（Scan The World）”项目。扫描全球是MyMiniFactory推出的非营利性倡议，旨在建立面向公众免费开放的数字化档案库，收录全球各地可全尺寸3D打印的雕塑、艺术品及地标建筑。本项目为开源社区协作项目，若您身边有值得分享的藏品，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。