Félix Gouin
Félix Gouin (born October 4, 1884 in Peypin , Bouches-du-Rhône , France , † October 25, 1977 in Nice , France) was a French lawyer and politician .
Life
Gouin attended high school in Marseille and studied law in Aix-en-Provence . From 1907 he was a lawyer in Marseille and from 1914 did his military service. He was elected mayor of Istres in 1923 and was a member of parliament in Aix-en-Provence from 1924 . In 1938 he became an employee of Léon Blum and deputy chairman of the socialist parliamentary group .
From January 1946 to June 1946 he was President of the Provisional Government of France. In 1956 he took part in the 11th session of the UN General Assembly in New York as a member of the French delegation . He ended his political career in 1958 and resigned all of his mandates . Félix Gouin then became an honorary member of the French National Assembly .
Awards
Web links
- Félix Gouin , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 49/1977 of November 28, 1977, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Newspaper article about Félix Gouin in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gouin, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Peypin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1977 |
| Place of death | Nice , France |