Henri Tasso
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Henri Tasso | |
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 Henri Tasso in 1932 | |
| Born | 8 October 1882 Marseille, France |
| Died | 12 February 1944 (aged 61) Allauch, France |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse | Thérèse Gairaud |
| Parent(s) | Michel-Théodore Tasso Dominique Eusébie Marie Montefrestini |
Henri Tasso (8 October 1882 – 12 February 1944) was a French Socialist 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 Marseille.[1] His parents, Michel-Théodore Tasso and Dominique Eusébie Marie Montefrestini, were Italian immigrants to France.[2]
Career
A member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), 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 also 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]
- 1882 births
- 1944 deaths
- Politicians from Marseille
- French people of Italian descent
- French Section of the Workers' International politicians
- Members of the 13th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
- Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
- Members of the 15th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
- Members of the 16th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
- French senators of the Third Republic
- Senators of Bouches-du-Rhône
- Mayors of Marseille
- Marseille in World War II