Jean Laurain

Jean Laurain (born January 1, 1921 in Metz , Moselle department ; † March 7, 2008 ibid) was a French politician of the Parti socialiste (PS), who, among other things, was a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1993 and, between 1981 and 1986, Secretary of State for War Veterans was.

Life

After attending the Lycée Fabert in Metz in 1940, Laurain began studying philosophy at the University of Nancy , which he continued in 1941 at the University of Lyon . During the Second World War he volunteered in the army in 1942 and took part in the fighting for Tunis between November 1942 and May 1943 . In August 1944 he was transferred to Provence and subsequently took part in the fighting for the liberation of France and the battles for Alsace and Lorraine in 1944, as well as in Operation Undertone for the liberation of northern Alsace . He processed his war experiences in the 2006 autobiographical book Journal de guerre d'un philosophe .

After the war, Laurain continued his studies and graduated in 1946 with a License de philosophie . He then took up a position as a teacher of philosophy in Phalsbourg , before becoming a philosophy teacher in Thionville and Nancy . In 1957 he founded the House of Youth and Culture MJC (Maisons des Jeunes et de la Culture) for the Moselle department and was then director of the MJC in the Moselle department and then general secretary of the MJC Federation in France. Between 1964 and 1978 he worked as a philosophy teacher at the Lycée Robert Schuman in Metz.

On March 19, 1978 Laurain was elected as a candidate of the Parti socialiste for the first time member of the National Assembly and represented the interests of the Moselle department until April 1, 1993, his mandate being suspended during government activity.

On May 22, 1981, Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy appointed him Secretary of State for War Veterans (Secrétaire d'État aux Anciens Combattants) in his cabinet , and he also held this position in the government of Mauroy's successor as Prime Minister, Laurent Fabius , until March 20 1986 from.

On June 22, 2001, Lourain was founding president of the Fondation Solange Bertrand, named after the painter Solange Bertrand , and held this position until November 15, 2004 when he became honorary president of the foundation. He was also active as President of the Université de la Paix de Verdun .

Publications

• L'éducation populaire , 1973
• De l'ennui à la joie, éléments d'une pédagogie de la paix , 1993
• Metz ou la nostalgie du futur , 1995
• Journal de guerre d'un philosophe , co-author Isabelle Prunier, 2006
• You partage ou le retour aux sources du socialisme , 2007

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly (VI legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly (VII legislative period)
• Entry on the website of the National Assembly (8th legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly (IX legislative period)