Pierre Le Moine
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Pierre Julien Yves Marie Le Moine | |
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| Born | August 4, 1927 |
| Nationality | Breton |
| Other names | Per Le Moine |
| Occupation | Architect, Activist |
| Known for | Breton nationalism |
Pierre Julien Yves Marie Le Moine, or Per Le Moine, born 4 at Maël-Carhaix, is an architect and Breton nationalist activist.
Family[]
Le Moine's eldest daughter is the artist .
Militantisme breton[]
He learned Breton with , and followed the correspondence courses of as well as those given at the Breton cultural center of Paris Kêr-Vreiz. He participated regularly for 10 years in the , with , Xavier de Langlais, Ronan Huon and Maodez Glanndour.
He is a member of the Cultural Institute of Brittany,[1] and former president of the International Relations section. He was also a co-founder of the Movement for the Organization of Brittany (MOB).
In 1955 in Brest, Pierre Le Moine and other Breton nationalist founded the magazine and later Jeune Bretagne that became ; he is a regular contributor to Armor Magazine.
He was an original administrator of and continued for 20 years.
In 1949 he was a founding member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN).[2] He was vice-president from 1980 to 1986, then president for Europe from 1986 to 1990.[3] He represented the FUEN at the Council of Europe for 17 years from 1990[4] and at the OSCE since 1992.
A Commander of the Order of St John (Denmark), he was also awarded the Order of the Ermine in 1994[5] and the Order of the European Combatant.
He was the president of the , European Youth Center, opened in the property of Countess Vefa de Saint-Pierre. He is also the founder of the Brittany Regional Action Committee in 1961.
He is the inspiration for the Blue Book of Brittany, which, without him, could not have been written or published, as recorded by Louis Mélennec.
Jersey[]
He moved to Jersey in 1971, where he became President of the Société Jersiaise de Bienfaisance.[6]
References[]
- ^ Per LEMOINE, Biographical file on the site of the Cultural Institute of Brittany
- ^ FUEN Congress 2016 – Praise for the Bridge Builders, Federal Union of European Nationalities website
- ^ List of Presidents of the FUEN, Federal Union of European Nationalities website
- ^ Pierre LeMoine, FUEN-President 1986–90, Breton, 60 year anniversary brochure for the Federal Union of European Nationalities, p. 8-9
- ^ Alphabetical list of people decorated with the Order of the Hermine,
- ^ Dominique Auzias et Jean-Paul Labourdette, Channel Islands 2016, Petit Futé, 2016, ISBN 2-7469-9384-8
- 1927 births
- Jersey people
- Breton people
- Breton nationalists
- Living people