Jean-Jacques Susini
Jean-Jacques Susini (born July 30, 1933 in Algiers , French Algeria , † July 3, 2017 ) was a right-wing French politician and co-founder of the terrorist organization Organization de l'armée secrète (OAS).
biography
Susini was born in 1933 in Algiers in a family of European colonialists and was one of the so-called pieds-noirs . His father was of Corsican origin, railroad worker, union member and was close to socialist ideas. Susini, who grew up with his grandmother, took a different political path. In 1948 he joined the RPF ( Rassemblement du peuple français , "gathering movement of the French people") founded by Charles de Gaulle , where he was part of the right wing. Susini was a proponent of a coup against the IV Republic and disappointed that de Gaulle decided against this step. Thereupon Susini approached the neo-fascist Jeune Nation and founded the Mouvement National Etudiant ("National Student Movement"). In 1959 he took over the chairmanship of the General Student Union of Algiers.
In January 1960, together with Pierre Lagaillarde and Joseph Ortiz , he was made jointly responsible for the uprisings des journée des barricades (“Day of the Barricades”) in Algiers. He was arrested and spent nine months in La Santé prison in Paris . In prison he was visited by Jean-Marie Le Pen and became friends with him. He was temporarily released and fled to Spain with four other accused (Pierre Lagaillarde, Jean-Maurice Demarquet , Marcel Ronda and Fernand Féral Lefevre ). Spain at the time was ruled by the fascist dictator Francisco Franco , who supported the OAS.
On January 20, 1961, he founded the OAS in Madrid , together with Pierre Lagaillarde and General Raoul Salan . He headed the department “Psychological Action and Propaganda” (APP).
On July 20, 1962, Jean-Jacques Susini fled again and hid under a false identity in Italy for five years . During this time he was sentenced to death twice in France for the attacks on Charles de Gaulle and his role within the OAS in absentia . After Jean Bastien-Thiry's execution in 1963, the OAS was effectively at an end.
Jean-Jacques Susini benefited from the amnesty issued by Charles de Gaulle in 1968 and returned to France. In 1970 he was arrested again and spent 16 months in prison. In 1972 he was arrested again and spent two years in prison. He is said to have organized the murder and enforced disappearance of Colonel Raymond Gorel (alias Cimeterre ), ex-cashier of the OAS. He was released through an amnesty or a law passed by the François Mitterrand government .
He was a member of the Front National . In 1997 he was the party's candidate in the parliamentary elections in the 4th constituency of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the north of Marseille , but was defeated by the communist candidate Guy Hermier . In 1999 he was also a candidate for the FN in the European elections .
literature
- Clément tax: Susini et l'OAS . l'Harmattan, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7475-6762-1
- Henri Pouillot: La villa Susini. Tortures en Algerie . Edition Tirésias, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-908527-88-X
Individual evidence
- ↑ Loïc Le Clerc: Et pendant ce temps-là, Jean-Marie Le Pen rend hommage au fondateur de l'OAS . In: lelab.europe1.fr . July 3, 2017, accessed July 6, 2017 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Susini, Jean-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, co-founder of the Organization de l'armée secrète (OAS) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Algiers , Algeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd July 2017 |