François de Tessan

François de Tessan (François-Jules-Armand-Delphin Dortet of Espigarié de Tessan) is a politician radical socialist French, born on February 16th 1883 with Saint-Hilaire-of-Harcouët the (50) and deceased on April 22nd, 1944 with Buchenwald (Germany). He exerted many political offices:

Appointed of Seine-et-Marne (Meaux - 2nd district) (1928-1942)
under-secretary of State to the social Welfare and Ministry of Labor
under-secretary of State to the Foreign affairs of the government Leon Blum (1933-1934)
delegated France to the Company of the Nations (SDN).
under-secretary of State to the presidency of the council of Leon Blum (May 1936 - 1937)
under-secretary of State to the Foreign affairs of the government Chautemps (June 1937 - March 1938)
under-secretary of State to the presidency of the council of Camille Chautemps (1938)

Moreover, François de Tessan was journalist and writer. He moreover would have been Franc-Maçon. That does not seem to be the case, all at least before 1939, because in a collective maconnic Behavior (Cabins Anatole France, Freedom, Progress, Evolution, Before Maçonnique Guard) of December 23rd, 1938 during which it board on the French Empire, his intangibility , it is not made state of his membership of freemasonry.

François de Tessan died for France and officer of the Légion of honor.

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