André Pradeau

André Pradeau (born May 9, 1898 in Villetoureix , Dordogne department , † January 20, 1977 in Ribérac ) was a French politician of the SFIO . From 1951 to 1955 he was a member of the National Assembly .

Life and career

Early life and entry into politics

Pradeau grew up as the son of a delivery man and a farm worker in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. From 1916 on he fought for his home country in World War I and was released from his military duties in 1919. He then carried out various professions, including agricultural labor and insurance agent. In addition, he was active for the socialist party SFIO and was elected mayor of his home town Villetoureix in 1929, which he remained for a period of 42 years until 1971. In the 1930s, he also made it to the council of the Arrondissement of Périgueux . In 1936 he ran for the socialists in the parliamentary elections, but missed a possible election success by far. During the Second World War and the German occupation that lasted from 1940 to 1944, he belonged to the Resistance movement, which made resistance against the occupiers. For his services from this time he was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance .

Working in the Fourth Republic

In 1945, in the early stages of the Fourth Republic, he made the leap to the General Council of the Dordogne department. In the parliamentary elections in the same year, he came third on the list of SFIO for the Dordogne, which was not enough for entry into the National Assembly. In June 1946 he failed again and in the election for the first regular national assembly, which was to replace the previous transitional parliaments, he rose to second in the list in November 1946, but his party won only one seat, unlike in 1945. In the elections in 1951 he placed second again and was ultimately successful. He was elected representative in the Paris National Assembly, where he was a member of the pension committee. In January 1954 he was also admitted to the Commission for Industrial Production. To this end, he regularly took part in debates on questions of the state budget. In December 1955, his mandate expired and he tried in the parliamentary elections in January 1956 for his re-election, where he was placed second on the list, but failed because of an extension of his time in the National Assembly. This meant the end of his work in national politics, even if he continued to be politically active at the local level. The father of three, who was a member of the Legion of Honor , died in 1977 at the age of 78.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Base de données historique des anciens députés , assemblee-nationale.fr