Waldeck L'Huillier
Waldeck L'Huillier | |
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Born | 27 May 1905 Chauvigny, France |
Died | 4 February 1986 Paris, France | (aged 80)
Occupation | Politician |
Political party | Communist Party |
Waldeck L'Huillier (1905-1986) was a French politician. He served as a Communist member of the Senate in the 1950s and of the National Assembly from the early 1950s to the end of the 1970s.
Biography
Early life
Waldeck L'Huillier was born on 27 May 1905 in Chauvigny, Vienne, France.[1][2]
Career
He joined the French Communist Party at the age of sixteen.[2] He was jailed for two years for his activism.[2] He later served as the leader of the party.[3][4]
He served as Deputy Mayor of Gennevilliers from 1934 to 1938.[2] During World War II, he joined the French resistance.[2] He then served as the Mayor of Gennevilliers from 1945 to 1973.[2][5]
He served as a member of the Senate for the Seine district from 1952 to 1958.[2] He also served as a Communist member of the National Assembly for the Seine district from 10 November 1946 to 4 July 1951 and for the Paris district from 25 November 1962 to 2 April 1967.[1] He then served as a member of the Assembly for the Hauts-de-Seine district from 5 March 1967 to 30 May 1968, from 23 June 1968 to 1 April 1973 and again from 4 March 1973 to 2 April 1978.[1]
Death
He died on 4 February 1986 in Paris.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d National Assembly: Waldeck L'Huillier
- ^ a b c d e f g h Senate: Waldeck L'Huillier
- ^ Pierre Alexis Gourevitch, Paris and the Provinces: The Politics of Local Government Reform in France, University of California Press, 1980, p.12 [1]
- ^ Jacques Girault, Des communistes en France: années 1920-années 1960, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2002 , p. 410 [2]
- ^ Melissa K. Byrnes, French Like Us? Municipal Policies and North African Migrants in the Parisian Banlieues, 1945—1975, ProQuest, 2008 , p. 41 [3]
- 1905 births
- 1986 deaths
- People from Vienne
- Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- French Communist Party politicians
- Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
- French Senators of the Fourth Republic
- French Senators of the Fifth Republic
- Senators of Seine
- Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 4th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 5th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- French Communist Party politician stubs