Emmanuel D'Astier (1900-1969) was a French journalist, politician and member of the French Resistance.

Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie was born January 9 1900 in Paris. He attended the Naval Academy but in 1923 resigned from the French Navy. He became a journalist and a poet and was involved with the ring-wing royalist journal l'Action Francaise but changed his mind after Spanish Civil War and turned towards political left.

When the Second World War broke out, D'Astier re-enlisted into the French Navy and became the head of naval intelligence . However, after the fall of France and emergence of Vichy France, he was dismissed.

In Lyon, D'Astier joined the group of saboteurs and eventually formed a Resistance group of Libération-sud with Raymond Aubrac and Jean Cavailles . In July 1941 the group begun to publish underground newspaper Libération.

In 1942 D'Astier met with Jean Moulin to discuss about unification of the resistance groups and eventually joined forces into the Conseil National de la Resistance. In 1943 he met Charles de Gaulle in Algiers and joined his government-in-exile as a Commissioner to the Interior.

After the liberation, D'Astier became minister of the interior in De Gaulle's provisional government. He continued to publish the Liberation and wrote books based on his experiences. With communist support he was elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1945. In 1958 he received Lenin Peace Prize. He was one of the founders of the Stockholm Committee . He denounced Stalin after the crushing of Hungarian uprising and broke ties with communists.

Emmanuel D'Astier died in Paris on June 12 1969.