Germain Guibert

Germain Guibert (born November 26, 1897 in Paris , † January 27, 1968 in Montsalvy , Département Cantal ) was a French politician of the SFIO . From 1956 to 1958 he was a member of the National Assembly .

Life and career

Early life

Guibert was born in the French capital Paris, but grew up in Montsalvy in the Cantal department. He chose a career as a teacher before being drafted into the military on January 9, 1916 as part of the First World War . For his services during combat operations, he was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Médaille militaire . After the end of the war, which lasted until 1918, he got a job as a teacher in the rural community of Cassaniouze . He then taught in Calvinet until he got a job as headmaster in his hometown of Montsalvy in 1934. At the same time he was a union member and had been a member of the socialist party SFIO since 1922. For the teachers' union he was chairman in the Cantal department.

Second World War

Since his left-wing political attitude was known to the Vichy regime, which ruled from 1940 under the tolerance of the German occupiers , he was a victim of repression a little later and in March 1941 was forced to move to the Corrèze department . He joined the Resistance there , which fought against the occupation, and had the status of commander . In military terms, among other things, he was involved in the liberation of Belfort . For his achievements in the resistance, he was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance .

Career in political office

After the liberation of the country in 1944, he returned to his profession as a teacher and shortly thereafter took over the chairmanship of the Association of War Veterans in the Cantal department. His political career began on March 20, 1949 when he was elected to the General Council of this department. In the parliamentary elections in 1951, he entered the list as second of the socialists in the Cantal, but missed the entry into the National Assembly. A renewed candidacy in January 1956, however, led to success and the then 58-year-old made the leap into the Paris Parliament. He became a member of the commissions for press, pensions and agriculture. In June 1958, he voted in favor of Charles de Gaulle , which ushered in the establishment of the Fifth Republic . In the resulting new elections in the same year, he failed to be re-elected. This was followed by unsuccessful candidacies for the Senate in 1959 and 1962, and again in 1962 by an unsuccessful attempt to return to the National Assembly. Guibert, who was a Knight of the Legion of Honor, died in 1968 at the age of 70.

Individual evidence

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