Auguste Hugonnier
Auguste Joseph Hugonnier (born June 19, 1911 in Belley ; † January 15, 2001 ) was a French communist politician. From 1945 to 1946 and from 1949 to 1951 he was a member of the National Assembly .
Start of political career
Hugonnier came from a peasant family and was raised Catholic. However, he gave up his faith when he began training as a typesetter at the age of 12 . In 1927 he joined the Jeunes communistes in Belley . He achieved a rapid rise within the communist youth organization, so that from 1931 to 1932 he was its secretary in south-eastern France and from 1932 a member of the Central Committee. However, in the same year he left the group to join the Parti communiste français . He took over responsibility for the party's weekly magazine and stood for election for the first time in 1936. In the seventh constituency of Lyon he reached the second round in third place, but withdrew in favor of another candidate from the Popular Front . Because of his membership of the Communist Party, Hugonnier was arrested in October 1939 and interned in Dardilly . During the ensuing occupation by the Wehrmacht, he remained imprisoned in various camps until he managed to escape in March 1943.
Career as a representative of the people
Immediately after the liberation of France in 1944, he resumed his political work and in October 1945 took part in the elections for the national constituent assembly. Elected from the communist list in the Rhône department , but already resigned from parliament in the following elections in June 1946 because he was third on the list, but the party was only able to win two seats. After another unsuccessful candidacy in the first regular parliamentary elections in November of the same year, he moved into the city council of Villeurbanne in 1947 . Hugonnier made his return to the National Assembly in 1949 when he replaced Mathilde Méty , who had resigned . Nevertheless, he was only positioned fifth on the list in the following elections in 1951, so that he could not be re-elected. This was also his last candidacy in a national election, even if he continued his work for the party and the CGT union .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Base de données historique des anciens députés , assemblee-nationale.fr
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| SURNAME | Hugonnier, Auguste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hugonnier, Auguste Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French communist politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belley , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 2001 |