Fernand Valat
Fernand Valat (born July 19, 1896 in Nîmes , † August 25, 1944 in Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille , Gard department ) was a French politician. From 1936 to 1942 he was a member of the National Assembly .
Valat was the son of a family of traders from Alès . After the war he worked as a teacher in Alès and was involved in the communist movement. In 1925 he moved to the Alès city council for a communist group and was elected mayor of the city. Shortly thereafter, he was elected to the General Council of the Gard department. In 1936 he ran for the PCF in the parliamentary elections and beat the previous constituency member François de Ramel . Because he resigned from the communist faction in October 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II , he was not affected by a law to persecute the communists in the following year. He had also expressed himself clearly hostile to the Soviet Union . Valat became a collaborator when he voted for the Vichy regime's enabling law in July 1940 . As a result, he was murdered by other communists when France was liberated in 1944.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Base de données historique des anciens députés , assemblee-nationale.fr
- ↑ Bête immonde , contreculture.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valat, Fernand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nîmes , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1944 |
| Place of death | Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille |