Jacques Chabrat

Jacques Chabrat (born June 25, 1910 in Bordeaux , † July 26, 1970 ibid) was a French politician and businessman. From 1969 to 1970 he was a member of the National Assembly .

Early life

Chabrat was born the son of an industrialist in Bordeaux and studied at the local business school. After his military service, he joined his family's shoe manufacturing company in the 1930s, which he later took over. With the outbreak of the Second World War he was drafted and after the French defeat in 1940 he was also involved in the Resistance . He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his services as a soldier .

Political career

In 1947 Chabrat, who had belonged to the nationalist Parti social français before the war , joined the Rassemblement du peuple français of Charles de Gaulle . Within the party he achieved a rapid rise, so that he became a member of the party committee in the Gironde department in 1948 and a year later a delegate of his party in that same party. He stood for the citizens for the first time when he was elected to the city council of Mérignac in 1953 . This was followed in 1959 when he moved to the city council of Bordeaux, where he also served as deputy mayor behind Jacques Chaban-Delmas . The latter enabled him to go into national politics when he appointed him as his deputy in the 1958 parliamentary elections. He also did this in 1962, 1967 and 1968. By his appointment as Prime Minister Chaban-Delmas had to give up his mandate, which Chabrat moved into parliament. There he represented the new Gaullist party Union des Démocrats pour la République . He died in July 1970 before his mandate expired.

Individual evidence

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