Paul Béchard

Paul Béchard (born December 25, 1899 in Alès , † April 26, 1982 in Montpellier ) was a French politician. From 1946 to 1948 and from 1951 to 1955 he was a member of the National Assembly and from 1955 to 1958 a member of the Conseil de la République , today's Senate .

Béchard attended the Saint-Cyr military school and thus achieved the rank of major . He took part in the First World War voluntarily , was wounded twice in 1918 and was awarded the Croix de guerre . From 1920 he attended the Electrotechnical Institute in Grenoble and then became an industrialist. In 1927 he joined the SFIO and ran for the National Assembly in the Lozère department the following year , but could not win a seat. For his efforts in the Resistance , he received the Croix de guerre, the Médaille de la Résistance and the Medal of Freedom . In 1945 he was elected to the General Council of the Gard department and in 1947 was elected mayor of his hometown of Alès. He also entered the Constituent Assembly and sat in the National Assembly from 1946. In 1948 he became Governor General of French West Africa , which he remained until 1951. Then he moved into parliament again. In 1955 he successfully applied for a seat in the Conseil de la République.

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1. ↑ Anciens sénateurs IVème république BECHARD Paul , senat.fr