Jean Longuet

Jean Longuet is a French politician born the May 10th 1876 with London and died the September 11th 1938 with Aix-the-Baths, member important of SFIO.

Biography

Wire of the leader communard Charles Longuet and of Jenny Marx (itself oldest daughter of Karl Marx), he becomes lawyer and joined the French Socialist party of Jean Jaurès, then the SFIO after the socialist unification. In 1904, he becomes writer with Humanity and ten years later, shortly after its election like deputy the Seine, he is pilot assassination of Jaurès.

During the First World War, it carries out the tendency known as minority of the SFIO, which adopts a pacifist but continuous position to vote the appropriations of war. With the Congress of Turns, it belongs to the center current of the SFIO, and refuses fastening with the Internationale Communist. After the armistice, he criticizes with the House of Commons the Traité of Versailles, which he considers too strict for the overcome countries, and consequently carrying risks for peace in the years to come.

Remained with the SFIO, it had founded in 1916 the daily newspaper Popular the , which replaces the old socialist daily newspaper Humanity (recovered by new the French Communist party).

Beaten to the legislative elections of 1919, it is devoted to its career of town councilor (mayor of Châtenay-Malabry of 1925 to 1938) and especially to the SFIO. It takes the defense of the political refugees actively fleeing the fascistic modes , denounces the exactions made with the colonies, asks of the assistance for the Spanish Republic during the civil war. Victim of an accident of car during its estival holidays, it dies of the continuations of its wounds.

Biography

Gilles Candar, Jean Longuet, an internationalist the history proof, university Presses of Rennes, 2007.

Internal bonds

Charles Longuet, his father (1839-1903)
Karl-Jean Longuet, his son (1904-1981)

External bonds

Biography of Jean Longuet on the site the socialist Battle

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