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Baumel, Jacques, Robert

Date of birth:
March 6th, 1918 (Marseille)
Date of death:
February 17th, 2006 (Rueil-Malmaison)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

French politician, he was a French resistance fighter (under the aliases 'Saint-Just' ',' 'Berneix' or 'Rossini'), deputy in the National Assembly, a Senator, an important leader of the Gaullist movement, and Secretary of State and mayor of Rueil-Malmaison.

After medical studies in France, Jacques Baumel took part in the French Resistance and directed the Combat resistance group in Marseille .
In 1943, he was Secretary General of the Mouvements Unis de la Résistance (United movements of the Resistance) (MUR).
In 1945 helped found the Union démocratique et socialiste de la Résistance (UDSR). He served on the Provisional Consultative Assembly.
In 1945, he was elected Deputy of the National Assembly of Moselle to the First National Constituent Assembly, was elected in Creuse to the Second Assembly but defeated in the elections to the National Assembly of 1946.
He chaired the parliamentary group of the UDSR. He participated in the development of Rassemblement du peuple français (Rally of the French People) (RPF) from its founding in 1947.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 27th, 1945
l' Ordre de la Libération

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