Jean Rougier

Jean Rougier (born July 2, 1885 in Cahors , † July 28, 1952 ) was a French politician of the SFIO . From 1950 to 1952 he was a member of the National Assembly .

Life and career

Early life and beginning of political career

Rougier studied medicine and began a career as a surgeon. When the First World War began in 1914 , he was drafted into the military and was wounded in the fighting in 1917. For his services he later received the Croix de guerre and was accepted into the Legion of Honor . After the war, he became the chief surgeon of the surgical department at the hospital in his hometown of Cahors. In 1925 he got into politics when he was elected to the General Council of the Lot department for the canton of Luzech . In 1935 he expanded his political activities with the entry into the municipal council of Cahors and in 1937 he was elected vice-president of the general council.

Second World War

When France was occupied by German troops during World War II , Rougier participated in the resistance against the occupiers by providing medical care to resistance fighters such as the maquisards . He also issued military certificates to protect compatriots from forced labor in the Service du travail obligatoire . For his achievements he was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance and raised to the level of commander in the Legion of Honor. The Vichy regime remained hidden from its activities for the underground movement and even wanted to include the doctor in its National Council in 1942, but this was withdrawn because of the Jewish origin of his wife.

Activity in national politics

After the liberation of France, Rougier was re-elected to the General Council of the Lot département in 1945, where he was president until October 1951. In the elections for the second constituent national assembly in June 1946, he entered the list of the socialist party SFIO, and did not make it into parliament as third-placed in the Lot department. In the first regular parliamentary elections in November of that year he was second on the list, but the socialists could only win one seat. In 1948 he ran unsuccessfully for the Council of the Republic . Because the MP Georges Archidice resigned from his mandate on October 17, 1950, at the age of 65, he made it into the Paris National Assembly as the runner-up on the list. There he worked in commissions with economic affairs, family, population and health issues. In addition, there was membership in a commission for dealing with fascism. In 1951 he had to stand for re-election in the parliamentary elections and was this time set as the first list of the socialists. He was re-elected and continued his work in the National Assembly, even though he had suffered from an illness since 1951. Rougier, who carried out his political function to the end, died of these consequences in July 1952 at the age of 67. The hospital in his hometown of Cahors, where he had worked for many years, was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jean Rougier. Base de données des députés français depuis 1789. In: assemblee-nationale.fr. Assemblée nationale, accessed January 14, 2018 (French).