Adrien Marquet

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Adrien Marquet
Adrien Marquet-1932.jpg
Mayor of Bordeaux
In office
1925–1944
Preceded byFernand Philippart
Succeeded byJean-Fernand Audeguil
Personal details
Born(1884-10-06)6 October 1884
Bordeaux, France
Died3 February 1955(1955-02-03) (aged 70)
Bordeaux, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySFIO
ProfessionDentist

Adrien Marquet (6 October 1884 – 3 February 1955) was a socialist mayor of Bordeaux who turned to the far right.

Career[]

Marquet was born in Bordeaux and became its socialist mayor in 1925. In 1933, he was expelled from the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).[1] The expulsion involved an address to the SFIO in which he emphasized order and authority as necessary to win the masses; his position frightened Léon Blum.[2] He and Marcel Déat then formed the . Later, he declared the faction to be decidedly anti-Marxist.[3] He eventually abandoned any form of socialism and briefly served as Minister of the Interior for Philippe Pétain.[4] Later, like Déat, he became a supporter of Pierre Laval.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Choice and democratic order By Bruce Desmond Graham, pgs 60-61
  2. ^ Léon Blum by Joel Colton, pg 86
  3. ^ [1] Neither right nor left by Zeev Sternhell, David Maisel, pg 170
  4. ^ From the other shore By André Liebich, pg 270


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