Adrien Langumier

Adrien Achilles Langumier , born on January 3rd, 1902 with Auxerre and deceased on December 11th, 1990 with the Cosne-on-Loire, is a French politician.

Biography

Wire of the secretary of the section local SFIO, his/her father was sabot-maker and it received the layings (Herve, Cachin, Brizon, Camélinat…) but the war very broke, it went to work in a factory of ammunition. Adrien is made engage as of 13 years during the school holidays to manufacture shells and it loses his brother who dies in the Champagne face. It is dedicated to the political struggle, marked by the war and the death of his brother.

It founds at 17 years with Rene Roulot the Youth trade unionist of Auxerre, strong of sixty members and of sensitivity Anarchist-trade unionist and nevertheless adopts the socialist candidatures at the time of the legislative elections of May 1919. Langumier was a speaker and an organizer born. One saw it in the foreground, in May 1920, at the time of the general strike of the railwaymen: it transformed the station of Auxerre into an impregnable bastion and the soldiers sent to break the movement fraternized with the militants.

The strike did not become revolution, the national movement became exhausted. Under the blow of a warrant for arrest, Langumier continued some time its action in the department of Yonne under the identity of Loiseau , then gained Paris where he worked as fitter until July in a factory of elevators of Boulogne-Billancourt. Threatened of arrest it passes the Swiss border where it obtains the political statute of refugee.

It returns to France, is made denounce is practically released for defect of testimony of the soldiers who refuse to compromise it. Then journalist, married on Dec. 31, 1927 with Pauline Marie Heinimann, have a Serge son in 1928. Secretary of the Departmental union of Yonne then of the 22^e Regional union CGTU (1925), then unit trade unions of the Seine (1934).

Member of the Communist party since 1921, appointed communist of the XXe district of Paris in 1936, resigner in 1940. Regarded as traitor, works with Guy Mollet in 1950, reprocessed in 1970, leader-writer with the Courrier of Nievre .

Source

biographical Dictionary of the labor movement French, directed by Jean Maitron, editions of the Workshop, 4th period (1914 - 1939).

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