Jacques Peirotes

Jacques Peirotes (1929)

Memorial plaque for Peirotes

Monument on Rue Jacques Peirotes

Jacques Laurent Peirotes (born September 11, 1869 in Strasbourg , † September 4, 1935 in Lichtenberg ) was editor, mayor and member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Peirotes attended elementary school in Strasbourg from 1875 to 1883. He learned the typesetter's trade from 1883 to 1887 and traveled as a craftsman to southern and central Germany, Switzerland, northern Italy, Austria-Hungary, Belgium and northern France. He then worked in Colmar , Brixen , Graz , Vienna , Luxembourg and Paris . In 1895 he returned to Strasbourg and on October 1, 1901 took over the editing of the "Free Press", the social democratic organ for Alsace-Lorraine.

He was a member of the Strasbourg municipal council from 1902 to 1908, a member of the district assembly for Lower Alsace since 1903 and a member of the second chamber of the Alsace-Lorraine state assembly since 1911.

From 1912 to 1918 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine 3 Kolmar and the SPD . In the Reichstag he took the floor in the debate about the Zabern affair .

During the First World War he was deported to Hanover . After returning to Strasbourg, he was chairman of the Strasbourg Workers 'and Soldiers' Council from November 10th to 29th, 1918 . He asked the authorities for French troops to march in to remove soviet rule. In 1919 and 1925 he was elected mayor of Strasbourg, which he remained until 1929. 3000 urban apartments were built during his tenure. In the rue Jacques Peirotes a monument was erected for him.

From 1924 to 1932 he was a member of the French National Assembly .

Web links

Jacques Peirotes in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Jacques Peirotes . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Biography on the website of the French National Assembly

Individual evidence

↑ Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 102 (Statistics of the German Reich, vol. 250)

personal data
SURNAME	Peirotes, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Peirotes, Jacques Laurent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German editor, mayor and politician (SPD), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	September 11, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH	September 4, 1935
Place of death	Lichtenberg

[1] Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 102 (Statistics of the German Reich, vol. 250)