Edouard Frederic-Dupont

Edouard Frederic-Dupont (born the July 10th 1902 with Paris and deceased the February 15th 1995 in the same city) is a Politician French, Military Cross 1939-1945, holder of the Médaille of Resistance, former minister, old Député of the Third district of Paris, to advise of Paris and Maire of the VIIe district of Paris until its death.

Its nickname of " Dupont of the loges" he comes from its many private bills relating to the statutes and the quality of life of the apartment house managers.

Political career

Born with Paris (which occurred Thicket), lawyer with the Court of Appeal of Paris and defender (on a purely free basis) of the caretakers, the tradesmen and the craftsmen of VIIe district of Paris, it engages in Politique as of 1923, and it is elected city council man in 1933 sector Saint-Thomas d' Aquin under the label “republican national” at the time of partial consecutive with the resignation of the outgoing adviser maurrassien Ambroise Rendu, which thought of making elect his/her son.

Edouard Frederic-Dupont takes part in the riots of the February 6th 1934 where it goes down in the street, girds of his scarf of advising to protest against the revocation of the prefect of police Jean Chiappe by the government of Edouard Daladier. He is wounded with the head at the time of the riots what will partly be worth to him to be re-elected to advise of Paris as of the first turn with 95% of the voices in 1935 then appointed the Seine with 83% of the voices, with the first turn also, in 1936. He which had begun its career with the democratic Alliance has from now on the label of the republican Federation, more preserving.

Appointed with the National Assembly, Edouard Frederic-Dupont fights the Popular front whereas to the Council of Paris, according to his own declarations, “the projectiles low stole with the communist group, above the head of the prefects” .

In 1940, it votes the full powerss with the marshal Pétain. It is maintained in place by the Régime of Vichy at the Municipal council of Paris from which he becomes the vice-president in 1941. In parallel continuing the exercise of its occupation of lawyer, it approaches the Résistance of which it defends of the members in front of the courts, whose communist partisans like André Gautier (future deputy of Seine-et-Marne) and provides false certificates of Baptême to Juif S to allow them to leave the occupied zone. This behavior, just like that of information which it carried out within the municipal council of Paris, will be worth to him the Military Cross, the Médaille of Resistance and the Légion of honor on a purely military basis.

At the time of the meeting of the December 16th 1943 of the council of Paris, it votes against the draft budget for 1944 which allocated appropriations with the title of the assistance of the Parisian police force to the German police force. He resigns of the municipal council in April 1944.

After the Release, the committees of Release of the 7th district and Town of Paris recognize its quality of Résistant. It is raised of sound Inéligibilité and is reinstated in the provisional municipal council by decree of the provisional government on March 15th 1945, in spite of the protests of the Communists and the reserves of unquestionable resistant gaullists. It is presented to the municipal elections where it is elected to represent the second sector (Life, VIIe and XVe districts) and with the elections of the October 21st 1945 for the first Constituent National Assembly where it leads the list " liberté" and is elected appointed first district of the Seine (5th, 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th and 15th districts of Paris). It sits then at the group of republican Unit from where it deposits nine propostions of law and refuses the first proposal of text of Constitution. He is re-elected at the Second Constituante the June 2nd 1946 under the label of the Republican party of the freedom of which he is one of the founders, in spite of a violent campaign against him orchestrated by the Communist party, showing it to have been with the pay of the occupant, and that he manages to make condemn for Diffamation for the realization of a photomontage the representative in German uniform.

Re-elected, it still joined the joint committee gaullist as of his formation in 1947 in spite of the reserves of the intransigent gaullists with those which cleared too a long time with the Régime of Vichy. Thus in 1947, it does not receive the nomination of RPF to represent itself with the local elections but it gives its support for Pierre de Gaulle. It does not end any less up obtaining its nomination for its re-election as a deputy in 1951.

During the legislature 1946 - 1951, it does not deposit less than eighty ten nine resolution or private bills relative mainly to revenue-for life, with the Commerce, the Artisanat, the family, the women's rights and the apartment house managers (which will be worth the qualification of " to him; deputy of the concierges"). It is particularly implied in the vote of the law of the August 2nd 1949 relating to the indexing of the life annuities and is at the origin of that instituting the chart of the weak économiquements. He votes against the bill on the statute of the Algérie and against the law instituting the majority poll with political alliances.

So as a lawyer, it sometimes happens to him to defend in front of the courts of the personalities compromised with Vichy, it supports especially a policy of appeasing and national reconciliation. It deposits thus the May 9th 1950 a private bill having for object the removal of the courts of justice and the civic rooms.

With the legislative elections of the June 17th 1951, he is second of list RPF of the first district of the Seine, behind Pierre de Gaulle, who arrives at the head with 28,2% of the votes cast. During the new legislature, it does not deposit less than one hundred twenty-eight resolution or private bills in particular relating to the woman alones, the invalids, the social rights of the craftsmen, the economic legislation and especially the right of the taxpayers vis-a-vis fiscal control. He is opposed to ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community).

In March 1952, it makes party of the 27 deputies RPF who vote the nomination of Antoine Pinay with the presidency of the council in spite of the position expressed by the de Gaulle general. Excluded consequently from the RPF with his 26 other colleagues, it joined ARS of Pinay, allured as much of other deputies gaullists by the governmental conservatism which the new president of the Council incarnates.

In 1953, under label ARS (CNI), it is again elected at the municipal council of which he becomes the first president of this mandate. It will sit henceforth at this council without discontinuity until its death.

It is at the side of Jacques Foccart and Maurice Bayrou that it is made the spokesperson at the National Assembly of the defense of the maintenance of the colonial Empire French and more particularly of the task force in Indo-China. The March 5th 1954, it is opposed to the Cessez-le-feu, points out the civilizing work of France in this area and condemns " all abandon". From the 3 with the June 9th 1954, he is briefly Minister for the relations with the States associated with Indo-China in the government Joseph Laniel. It to him is just given time to know the proposals made by the Vietminh. Estimating that the Laniel government was in way to lead to an agreement more favorable than that negotiated by its successor, Pierre Mendès-France, it votes against the Accords of Geneva of the July 23rd 1954.

It adopts a similar attitude for the Moroccan question and refuses confidence with the Government of Edgar Faure after having however voted its nomination.

He also votes in favor of the rearmament of the German Federal republic and approves his entry in NATO.

At the time of the legislative elections of the January 2nd 1956, it carries out the list of Union of independent, in the first district of the Seine. He is elected on a program where he proposes the institution of funds national old age and a reform of statute of the capital as well as the defense of the French Union.

Of 1956 with 1962, it sits with CNI. It is at that time, in its combat for the French Algérie, that it côtoie the young deputy of the Latin Quarter, Jean-Marie Le Pen, with which it weaves bonds. Its proposal for a relative law to the obligatory installation of an automatic device of opening of the buildings in the agglomerations of more than 500.000 inhabitants is then voted by the room (law of the July 4th 1957). Its interventions in the hemicycle then relate to often the problems of the town of Paris and North Africa. It is on the latter subject that he is opposed violently with the Communist party.

If he votes against the nomination of Guy Mollet in 1956, he grants the special capacities in Algeria to him.

Favorable to the European Construction, it ratifies the treaties instituting the European Economic community and Euratom (July 9th, 1957).

From 1958, it is opposed systematically to the last governments of the 4th republic and vote against the nomination with Pierre Pflimlin, against the declaration of the state of emergency, the revision partial of the Constitution and, the May 27th 1958, calls some with the rallying with the government of national hello chaired by the de Gaulle general of which it votes the nomination in June 1958 and to which it grants the full powerss.

In November 1958, it is re-elected appointed of the Seine for the district of the 7th district of Paris. Until 1962, he is vice-president of the National Assembly.

In 1962, it censures the government of Georges Pompidou and is beaten by the gaullist Jacques Mer at the time of the anticipated legislative elections. Its distance of the gaullists is accentuated when it supports the general Raoul Salan at the time of his appearance before the High Tribunal military.

In 1967, it takes its revenge by overriding Maurice Couve of Murville under the label Progrès and modern democracy (PDM). He is not candidate in June 1968 and the gaullist Michel Caldagués takes again his seat.

Of 1973 with 1978, it is appointed republican independent.

In 1977, within the council of town of Paris, it will preach the co-operation between the young person RPR and PR whereas the two parties tear to place one as of theirs at the town hall (Jacques Chirac will be elected mayor of Paris). It will rock itself in the camp of Jacques Chirac and it is connected with the RPR which it thus represents at the National Assembly of 1978 with 1986 (re-elected in 1981).

In 1983, it is re-elected with the first turn mayor of VIIe district with the score bordering the 83% of the votes.

Faithful to Jacques Chirac, Edouard Frederic-Dupont will be with the beginning of the year 80 one of lawyers of the bringing together of the right-hand side with the Front National of Jean Marie Le Pen. After the re-establishment of the Poll proportional by François Mitterrand in 1985, it agrees to be reproduced on list FN of Paris, at the side in particular of personalities like Olivier d' Ormesson and Charles de Chambrun, tried by this alliance. In 1986 it is thus one of the thirty-five related deputies and Front National and the vice-senior of the assembly. It tries to play a hinge part between the governmental line and the FN and will be one of the only deputies frontists to grant his confidence to the government.

In 1988, land-mark and disappointed by Le Pen, Edouard Frederic-Dupont consider his withdrawal of the national political life initially. It is Jacques Chirac who asks him to be represented, under the RPR label, in its traditional district of VIIe district. It accepts and easily is re-elected appointed against Marie-Caroline Le Pen, candidate parachuted in her district.

In 1989, it is re-elected mayor of VIIe district.

In 1993, it voluntarily gives up its seat of deputy with Michel Roussin, which once entered with the government, leaves the seat to its substitute Martine Aurillac, but it keeps his town hall.

Edouard Frederic-Dupont is deceased the February 14th 1995 with the Hôpital Necker with old 92 years at the end of the more long career of advising of Paris of the recent history of the capital.

Among the concrete achievements of Edouard Frederic-Dupont when he was President of the Municipal council or mayor of VIIe district, one can quote:

the creation of the Peripheral Parisian (in 1953),
the construction of the underground car park of the Invalids,
restoration with identical of the gardens of the intendant, around the Hotel of the Invalids
the classification in sector safeguarded of part of VIIe district.

External bonds

biographical Card on the site of the National Assembly

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