Henry Bergasse

Henry-Emmanuel Bergasse (born September 26, 1894 in Marseille , † March 28, 1977 ibid) was a conservative French politician and author . Between 1946 and 1962 he was a member of the National Assembly .

In his youth, Bergasse attended the Saint-Cyr military school . In 1915 he was wounded as a young soldier in Champagne during the First World War . He later received the Cross of Merit of the Legion of Honor and the Croix de guerre award . After he was stationed as a soldier in the French embassy in Greece, Bergasse gave up his military career in 1927. He then worked as a lawyer in Marseille. In October 1941 he joined the Resistance , the resistance against the German occupation. In 1944, as an officer in the Legion of Honor, he played an important role in the liberation of the western French city of Royan . For his services in the war, he was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance , among other things .

In 1946 Bergasse joined the conservative Parti républicain de la liberté (Republican Freedom Party) in the first constituency of the Bouches-du-Rhône department . Until 1962 he represented various conservative parties and groups in parliament. From 1953 to 1955 Bergasse was chairman of the Action républicaine et sociale faction . He was also in the cabinet of René Mayer from January 8 to June 28, 1953 Minister of Veterans of France. In addition to his work in parliament, he was temporarily a member of the General Council in the Bouches-du-Rhône department and a member of the city council of Marseille. In 1964 he gave up his profession as a lawyer, a year later he also retired from the city council. He then worked as an author and wrote, among other things, on the history of the National Assembly. Bergasse died on March 28, 1977 in his hometown of Marseille.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henry-Emmanuel Bergasse on the National Assembly website