Georges Marrane
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Georges Marrane (20 January 1888, Louviers, Eure – 27 August 1976) was a French politician. He was the candidate of the French Communist Party for the presidential election of 1958.
Life and career[]
Marrane became the first Communist mayor of the northern city of Ivry in 1925. He remained in this elected position for forty years, except for the occupied period during World War II, until his retirement from politics in 1965.[1]
Presidential election of 1958[]
The election of 1958 was the first presidential contest of the French Fifth Republic. Marrane competed against the wartime hero Charles de Gaulle; a third candidate, Albert Châtelet, represented a coalition of non-communist leftist groups. On 15 December 1958, de Gaulle swept the election, taking approximately 77% of the vote. Marrane received 13%, just a few percentage points above Châtelet.[2]
References[]
- ^ Cyrille Guiat (2003). The French and Italian communist parties: comrades and culture. London, Portland OR: Frank Cass. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-7146-5332-7.
- ^ J. A. Laponce (1961). The Government of the Fifth Republic: French political parties and the Constitution. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 186–187. OCLC 501634. GGKEY:KGRNN62B34H. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- 1888 births
- 1976 deaths
- People from Louviers
- Politicians from Normandy
- French Section of the Workers' International politicians
- French Communist Party politicians
- French Ministers of Health
- French Senators of the Fourth Republic
- Senators of Seine (department)
- Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
- French Senators of the Fifth Republic
- Mayors of places in Île-de-France
- Candidates for President of France
- French Resistance members
- Communist members of the French Resistance
- French Communist Party politician stubs