Daniel Mayer

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Daniel Raphaël Mayer


President of the Constitutional Council of France
In office 4 March 1983 – 4 March 1986
Appointed by	François Mitterrand
Preceded by	Roger Frey
Succeeded by	Robert Badinter

Personal details
Born	(1909-04-29)29 April 1909 Paris, France
Died	29 December 1996(1996-12-29) (aged 87) Orsay, Île-de-France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Politician

Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909 – 29 December 1996) was a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), a socialist party in France, president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975.^[1] He founded the in 1941^[2] and was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistant Socialist group. Mayer also supported the Libération-sud resistance movement headed by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie.

Legal offices
Preceded by Roger Frey	President of the Constitutional Council 1983–1986	Succeeded by Robert Badinter

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General Secretary	(1905−1918) Ludovic-Oscar Frossard (1918−1920) Paul Faure (1920−1940) Vacant (1940−1943) Daniel Mayer (1943−1946) Guy Mollet (1946−1969)
Related articles	Paris Commune French Socialist Party (Federation of the Socialist Workers of France and Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party) Socialist Party of France (French Workers' Party and Socialist Revolutionary Party) Globe Congress Second International L'Humanité Le Populaire Tours Congress French Turn (Trotskyism) Matignon Agreements The Vichy 80 French Resistance (Brutus Network) National Council of Resistance Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress Revolutionary socialism Blanquism Marxism Possibilism Social democracy Democratic socialism Neosocialism
Derivatives	French Communist Party Socialist Party of France – Jean Jaurès Union / Socialist Republican Union / National Popular Rally Internationalist Workers Party Workers and Peasants' Socialist Party Democratic Socialist Party Union of the Socialist Left / Unified Socialist Party / Union of Clubs for the Renewal of the Left / Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs Socialist Party
Alliances	Lefts Cartel (1924–1934) Popular Front (1936–1938) Tripartisme (1944–1947) Third Force (1947–1958) Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (1965–1968)

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First Secretaries	Alain Savary (1969–1971) François Mitterrand (1971–1981) Lionel Jospin (1981–1988) Pierre Mauroy (1988–1992) Laurent Fabius (1992–1993) Michel Rocard (1993–1994) Henri Emmanuelli (1994–1995) Lionel Jospin (1995–1997) François Hollande (1997–2008) Martine Aubry (2008–2012) Harlem Désir (2012–2014) Jean-Christophe Cambadélis (2014–2017) Rachid Temal (ad interim) Olivier Faure (2018–present)
Prime Ministers	Pierre Mauroy (1981–1984) Laurent Fabius (1984–1986) Michel Rocard (1988–1991) Édith Cresson (1991–1992) Pierre Bérégovoy (1992–1993) Lionel Jospin (1997–2002) Jean-Marc Ayrault (2012–2014) Manuel Valls (2014–2016) Bernard Cazeneuve (2016–2017)
Presidential candidates	François Mitterrand (1974, 1981, 1988) Lionel Jospin (1995, 2002) Ségolène Royal (2007) François Hollande (2012) Benoît Hamon (2017)
Presidential primaries	1995 2006 2011 2017
Related articles	French Section of the Workers' International Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance Convention of Republican Institutions Union of Clubs for the Renewal of the Left Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs
National congresses	Alfortville Congress (May 1969) Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress (July 1969) Epinay Congress (1971) Grenoble Congress (1973) Pau Congress (1975) Nantes Congress (1977) Metz Congress (1979) Créteil Congress (January 1981) Valence Congress (October 1981) Bourg-en-Bresse Congress (1983) Toulouse Congress (1985) Lille Congress (1987) Rennes Congress (1990) Grande Arche Congress (1991) Bordeaux Congress (1992) Bourget Congress (1993) Liévin Congress (1994) Brest Congress (1997) Second Grenoble Congress (2000) Dijon Congress (2003) Le Mans Congress (2005) Reims Congress (2008) Second Toulouse Congress (2012) (2015) Aubervilliers Congress (2018)
Parliamentary groups	National Assembly: Socialist group, associated Senate: Socialist and Republican
Former factions	Aubryists Desires for the Future New Socialist Party Royalists Socialist Left

References[]

^ Bridgford, Jeff (1995). "Mayer, Daniel Raphaël (1909–)". In A. T. Lane (ed.). Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders. 2. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 632–3. ISBN 978-0-313-29900-1.
^ Simkin, John. "Daniel William Mayer". Biography. Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-02-19.

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