Marcel Cachin
Marcel Cachin (born September 20, 1869 in Plourivo near Saint-Brieuc , Département Côtes-du-Nord , Bretagne ; † February 12, 1958 in Choisy-le-Roi , Département Seine ) was a French politician ( SFIO ; later switched to Parti communiste français ).
Life
Cachin, the son of a gendarme and a flax spinner, was professor of philosophy at this university for fifteen years after studying in Bordeaux . Cachin has always felt very drawn to Breton , the "language of the small farmers and the Breton proletariat ".
In 1891 he joined the Parti ouvrier français by Jules Guesde in. He took part in the Socialist Congress in Amsterdam in 1904 and in Paris in 1905. The latter announced the establishment of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière , which he joined.
He was elected to the National Assembly between 1914 and 1932 , joined the policy of national unity during World War I , and asserted himself during the war. In 1917 he was sent on a mission to Russia .
In 1920 he belonged to the majority at the party congress in Tours , which approved the revolution in Russia and Bolshevism . He therefore joined the Third International and was one of the founders of the French Communist Party , initially known as the Section Française de l'Internationale Communiste (SFIC). In 1936 he was one of the pillars of the Popular Front . Since he refused to disapprove of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939, he forfeited his political functions in the banned PCF in 1940, was therefore temporarily arrested and lived in the underground during the war. After the liberation he became involved again in the time of the Provisional Government and the Fourth Republic and remained politically active until his death in 1958.
From 1918 to 1958 Cachin was director and editor of the newspaper L'Humanité and also from 1923 to 1958 a member of the Politburo of the PCF. In 1935 he was elected the first communist senator , in 1946 he was a member of the National Assembly .
His daughter Marcelle Cachin (1911–1999), a doctor, married the surgeon Paul Hertzog . She also belonged to the PCF and was an MP. The granddaughter Françoise Cachin (1935–2011) was a well-known art historian.
Honors
- In numerous French cities streets and squares are named after Cachin (e.g. Ivry-sur-Seine , La Courneuve , Bobigny ), in Saint-Ouen there is also a lycée and in Le Blanc-Mesnil a college .
- The Soviet Post issued a special stamp in 1959 on the occasion of Cachin's 90th birthday .
Presidential election
- 1931 candidate of the PCF, he received 10 of 901 votes in the first ballot, which corresponds to 1.1% of the votes and 11 of 893 in the second ballot (1.23% of the votes)
- 1932 candidate of the PCF, he received 8 out of 826, or 0.96% of the vote
- 1939 candidate of the PCF, he received 74 of 916, or 8.07% of the vote
- 1953 candidate of the PCF, he received 113 of 932, or 12.12% of the vote
Web links
- Literature by and about Marcel Cachin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Newspaper article about Marcel Cachin in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cachin, Marcel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, member of the National Assembly, director of L'Humanité newspaper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plourivo near Paimpol |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1958 |
| Place of death | Choisy-le-Roi |