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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Henri Tasso was born on 8 October 1882 in [[Allauch]], near Marseille.<ref name="senate">{{cite web|url=http://www.senat.fr/senateur-3eme-republique/tasso_henri0331r3.html|title=French Senate: Henri Tasso|author=Sénat français|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> His parents, Michel-Théodore Tasso and Dominique Eusébie Marie Montefrestini, were Italian immigrants to France.<ref name="herrick">Herrick Chapman, Laura Levine Frader, ''Race in France: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Difference'', Berghahn Books, 2004, p. 94 [ |
Henri Tasso was born on 8 October 1882 in [[Allauch]], near Marseille.<ref name="senate">{{cite web|url=http://www.senat.fr/senateur-3eme-republique/tasso_henri0331r3.html|title=French Senate: Henri Tasso|author=Sénat français|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> His parents, Michel-Théodore Tasso and Dominique Eusébie Marie Montefrestini, were Italian immigrants to France.<ref name="herrick">Herrick Chapman, Laura Levine Frader, ''Race in France: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Difference'', Berghahn Books, 2004, p. 94 [https://books.google.com/books?id=9pvo-wkwCosC&pg=PA94&dq=%22henri+tasso%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dsMqVLLNLYSG8QXn7IDwDw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=%22henri%20tasso%22&f=false]</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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A member of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1924 to 1938.<ref name="senate"/> He supported the naturalisation of Italian immigrants, even those who were poor and unemployed.<ref>Mary Dewhurst Lewis, ''The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918-1940'', Stanford University Press, 2007, p. 97 [ |
A member of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1924 to 1938.<ref name="senate"/> He supported the naturalisation of Italian immigrants, even those who were poor and unemployed.<ref>Mary Dewhurst Lewis, ''The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918-1940'', Stanford University Press, 2007, p. 97 [https://books.google.com/books?id=_yaQUTujhREC&pg=PA97&dq=%22henri+tasso%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dsMqVLLNLYSG8QXn7IDwDw&ved=0CBsQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22henri%20tasso%22&f=false]</ref> |
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He served as the Socialist Mayor of Marseille from 1935 to 1939.<ref name="herrick"/><ref name="martinsalexander">Martin S. Alexander, Helen Graham, ''The French and Spanish Popular Fronts: Comparative Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 206 [ |
He served as the Socialist Mayor of Marseille from 1935 to 1939.<ref name="herrick"/><ref name="martinsalexander">Martin S. Alexander, Helen Graham, ''The French and Spanish Popular Fronts: Comparative Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 206 [https://books.google.com/books?id=xHTuWnb7cPYC&pg=PA206&dq=%22henri+tasso%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dsMqVLLNLYSG8QXn7IDwDw&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22henri%20tasso%22&f=false]</ref> On 8 October 1938 a fire burnt down Les Nouvelles Galeries, a department store on the [[Canebière]].<ref name="donnafryan">Donna F. Ryan, ''The Holocaust & the Jews of Marseille: The Enforcement of Anti-Semitic Policies in Vichy France'', University of Illinois Press, 1996, p. 19 [https://books.google.com/books?id=GQO2gmIsKuEC&pg=PA19&dq=%22henri+tasso%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dsMqVLLNLYSG8QXn7IDwDw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22henri%20tasso%22&f=false]</ref> Shortly after, he was dismissed.<ref name="donnafryan"/> Others have argued he was dismissed "because of his inappropriate financial management and chronic overhiring of municipal workers."<ref>Junʼichi Kawata, ''Comparing Political Corruption and Clientelism'', Ashgate Publishing, 2006, pp. 183-184 [https://books.google.com/books?id=X3Tb0Glw3G0C&pg=PA183&dq=%22henri+tasso%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y8MqVNyqBYX48QWs94CIDQ&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=%22henri%20tasso%22&f=false]</ref> |
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He then served as a member of the Senate from 1938 to 1944.<ref name="senate"/> |
He then served as a member of the Senate from 1938 to 1944.<ref name="senate"/> |
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Revision as of 05:36, 22 September 2016
Henri Tasso | |
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 Henri Tasso in 1932 | |
| Born | 8 October 1882 Allauch, France |
| Died | 12 February 1944 Allauch, France |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse | Thérèse Gairaud |
| Parent(s) | Michel-Théodore Tasso Dominique Eusébie Marie Montefrestini |
Henri Tasso (1882-1944) was a French Socialist Party politician. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1935 to 1939. He also served as a member of the National Assembly from 1924 to 1938, and of the Senate from 1938 to 1945.
Early life
Henri Tasso was born on 8 October 1882 in Allauch, near Marseille.[1] His parents, Michel-Théodore Tasso and Dominique Eusébie Marie Montefrestini, were Italian immigrants to France.[2]
Career
A member of the Socialist Party, he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1924 to 1938.[1] He supported the naturalisation of Italian immigrants, even those who were poor and unemployed.[3]
He served as the Socialist Mayor of Marseille from 1935 to 1939.[2][4] On 8 October 1938 a fire burnt down Les Nouvelles Galeries, a department store on the Canebière.[5] Shortly after, he was dismissed.[5] Others have argued he was dismissed "because of his inappropriate financial management and chronic overhiring of municipal workers."[6]
He then served as a member of the Senate from 1938 to 1944.[1]
Personal life
He married Thérèse Gairaud.
Death
He died on 12 February 1944 in Allauch.
References
- ^ a b c Sénat français. "French Senate: Henri Tasso". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ a b Herrick Chapman, Laura Levine Frader, Race in France: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Difference, Berghahn Books, 2004, p. 94 [1]
- ^ Mary Dewhurst Lewis, The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918-1940, Stanford University Press, 2007, p. 97 [2]
- ^ Martin S. Alexander, Helen Graham, The French and Spanish Popular Fronts: Comparative Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 206 [3]
- ^ a b Donna F. Ryan, The Holocaust & the Jews of Marseille: The Enforcement of Anti-Semitic Policies in Vichy France, University of Illinois Press, 1996, p. 19 [4]
- ^ Junʼichi Kawata, Comparing Political Corruption and Clientelism, Ashgate Publishing, 2006, pp. 183-184 [5]