Victor Gorgeu

Victor Pierre Marie Gorgeu is a French politician, born on May 5th, 1881 with Quimper, died on September 11th, 1963 in Paris.

Studies

Primary and secondary studies with the College of Brest (of the nursery school to philosophy) of 1886 to 1898. Grand Prix of honor of the college of Brest in 1898. Raise Principale school of the Department of health of the Navy in Bordeaux in October 1900 ESSA. Price of the medical college of Bordeaux wine in 1903 (money medal) Doctor of medicine on February 22nd, 1904 (bronze medal, the youngest doctor after Cazanove in 1881). Chooses the Colonial Troops. The courses of the Pasteur institute follow 1907 1908

Political career

Senator of the Finistere from September 23rd, 1930 to December 30th, 1945, it belonged to the democratic Gauche. He showed himself very active with the Sénat.
  • Member of the Commission of Hygiene and the Social Welfare.
  • Member of the Commission of the Navy of which it was to become vice-president then in 1939. President when Mr. Rio was named Minister for the Merchant navy.
  • President of the Group of the Senator-Mayors, which joined together about half of the senators.
  • Regional Police chief of the Republic in Rennes from August 4th, 1944 to March 31st, 1946.

  • Mayor of Brest on May 19th, 1929 then re-elected on May 19th, 1935, until December 31st, 1941 because revoked on this date by the Vichy government following its refusal to vote an address of recognition and confidence to the Head of the State.

  • General adviser of Brest (1st canton) of December 1919 to 1925 then of 1931 to 1941.

  • Under-secretary of State at the Minister of education main road, in charge of Physical education in the cabinet of Albert Sarraut: October 26th - November 25th, 1933

  • Under-secretary of State at the minister of education main road, in charge of Technical education in the cabinet of Camille Chautemps: November 26th, 1933 - January 29th, 1934. Partisan of secularity, his great idea was to give access to the higher learning to the most underprivileged children and to develop continuation and professional teaching.

Resistance 2nd World war

He belonged to the 80 members of Parliament (Eighty) (including 7 of the Finistere) which refused to give the full powerss to the marshal Pétain while saying not to the bill of July 10th, 1940.

Its opposition to the mode continued. It accepted initially that its municipal council was altered by the Vichy government and it multiplied the calls to calm to prevent that the population was not victim of reprisals on behalf of the German authorities. It entered in increasingly open conflict with the capacity and finishes, since 1941, by being revoked for 3 months on December 30th, 1941 of its functions of mayor of Brest to have refused to vote a motion of confidence in Pétain.

Report/ratio of the prefect of the area of Rennes of December 22nd, 1941 (Mr. Ripert):

In Finistere " the heart of the résistance" seem to be Mr. Gorgeu, Maire of Brest, former senator towards whom all the eyes are turned.
If it posts the portrait of the Pétain Marshal in the room of the municipal council, it estimates not to have to go until putting it in its personal cabinet. It in addition is decided to abstain from if the members of the municipal council proposed a motion of confidence to the Marshal.
the attitude of Mr. Gorgeu conxx X of those of all the former members of Parliament of the area.
has my opinion the key of the National Revolution in Finistere rests on the Mayor of Brest. The only difficulty comes from the absence of man to replace Mr. Gorgeu but I estimate that if the Mayor of Brest refused to vote a motion addressing personally to the Marshal, its replacement would be essential of very required.

From this time it had to leave Brest and went to live in Crosmières small village of the Sarthe in the family of the wife of her son Victor Leon Gorgeu.

It engaged then in the fight clandestine and joined the civil Organization and soldier in at the beginning of 1943, responsible for the administrative organization of Brittany. So it was in connection with the Northern movement Libération. It is had a presentiment of in June 1943 by the National committee of Resistance for the functions of regional Police chief of the Republic in Rennes; the de Gaulle General names it in October 1943 his representative for the area Brittany.

During periodic rounds in Brittany, it deals with the organization of the Committees of release of the departments of the Island and Vilaine, of the Coast of North, Finistere, of Morbihan, committees which it installs in January 1944.

Warned on February 2nd, 1944 that he was denounced with the Gestapo and Darnand, fled in Paris then had to hide in various residences as from this date all while maintaining the contacts with the central organizations of Resistance.

It joined its station with Rennes on May 15th, 1944, in accordance with the received instructions, to prepare the takeover there. With the first American shells which fall on Rennes on August 1st, it settles in its functions of Police chief on August 4th to the release of Rennes, functions which it exerts until March 31st, 1946, following the resignation of the de Gaulle General. Two major difficulties arise to him: to manage purification and the supply. It has as a principal private secretary Henri Fréville, future Senator Maire of Rennes.

This engagement was worth to him to be decorated with the Médaille of Resistance to the Libération.

The Police chiefs of the Republic were attached directly to the de Gaulle general and had all legislative power and executive, including the right of reprieve, while waiting for that the state reorganizes. This organization was installation in order to prevent that France was controlled by American through AMGOT like was Germany.

It enters to the Council of State in 1947.

Career of doctor

Doctor of the Colonial Troops in Tonkin of May 1904 in July 1906 then stays in Mauritania, in Senegal, of November 1908 in November 1910. Resign in June 1911.

Civil doctor in Brest of June 1911 in October 1930; open the first medical analysis laboratory in Recouvrance.

War 14 - 18:

Doctor of Battalion to the 2nd regiment of Colonial Infantry
Chief consultant of the mobile ambulance of column N° 30 with the army of the East. Demobilized in May 1919.

Career of Civil servant

To advise State on March 27th, 1947 at May 5th, 1952. President of the jury of the first promotion " Combattante" France; ENA President of the Superior council of the Merchant navy of 1952 until her death in 1963. Vice Chairman of the board of the Scientific and Technical Institute of Maritime fishings (ISTPH) in 1953 President of the Committee of examination of the accounts of the Navy

  • Algeria:

President of the Central Commission of control of the municipal elections in March 1959 President of the Central Commission of control of the cantonal elections in April 1960 Member of the Commission of the relationship between the State and Private education, chaired by Mr. Lafre from June 25th to October 29th, 1959. Chairman of the board of the National Natural history museum of Natural history in 1961. President of the Council of adminsitration of the National school of Public health ENSP in 1961

  • Commission of the Plan:

President of the commission of the school facilities starting from the 4th Plan President of the commission of the hospital equipment President of the commission of the health facilities and social in 1962 President of the Company of Accounts Department of France

Member of the Academy of Navy `

Decorations

----
Random links:-1235 | Alfred Duriau | Rebuilding of Caen | The Community of communes of Left bank of Vienna | Solnhofen | Pogrom_de_Kielce