Henri Tasso
Henri Tasso | |
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 Henri Tasso in 1932 | |
| Born | October 08, 1882 Allauch, France |
| Died | February 12, 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 October 08, 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 October 08, 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 February 12, 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]