Philippe Marçais
Philippe Marçais (born March 16, 1910 in Algiers , † May 31, 1984 in Paris ) was a French linguist and politician. From 1958 to 1962 he was a member of the National Assembly .
Early life
Marçais grew up as the son of an orientalist in a French academic family with Breton roots in what would later become the Algerian capital of Algiers, which was then under French colonial rule . However, he passed his Abitur in Tunis and went to Paris to study in metropolitan France. There he obtained a degree in human sciences before moving to the École des langues orientales , where he received his doctorate. He then taught first at the Madrasa of Constantine and then that of Tlemcen . In the course of the Second World War he was drafted and took part, among other things, in the Tunisian campaign. After the end of the war he taught at the University of Algiers and was appointed dean in 1950 .
Political career
After the outbreak of the Algerian War in 1954, elections to the French National Assembly were scheduled for Algeria in 1958. Marçais ran in these elections for the grouping Unité de la République (Unity of the Republic), which campaigned for Algeria's continued membership in France. He succeeded in entering parliament, where he dealt almost exclusively with Algerian issues. He directed himself against the policies of President Charles de Gaulle and advocated the participation of the French living in Algeria in the debate. With the independence of Algeria on July 3, 1962, his mandate as a member of parliament ended. He left Algeria and worked as a lecturer at the University of Rennes and the University of Liège . Initially he was no longer politically active, but in 1965 he supported the candidacy of the right-wing extremist Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour in the presidential elections . He also ran in 1977 on a list with Jean-Marie Le Pen in the local elections in the French capital. There he died in 1984. Marçais was holder of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques and Knight of the Legion of Honor .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Base de données historique des anciens députés , assemblee-nationale.fr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marçais, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Algiers , Algeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1984 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |