Raoul Streiff

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Raoul Streiff (born October 19, 1909 in Magalas , † May 30, 1980 in Monaco ) was a French trader and politician . He was Senator for Niger from 1947 to 1948 .

Life

Raoul Streiff came from a winemaking family that was badly hit by the phylloxera disaster . He started working in commerce in Marseille at a young age . His job first took him to Colombia , Venezuela and the Antilles , then via England , Spain and Germany to the Netherlands . His next stops were in Africa . He lived in Chad , Sierra Leone , Ubangi-Shari and Cameroon until he finally considered himself in the late 1930sSales agent settled in the French colony of Niger . In 1939 he was integrated into a training battalion in Toulon , he fought in World War II .

Based on the new French constitution of 1946 , Niger would be represented for the first time and with two seats in the Council of the Republic , the upper house of the French parliament . The two seats were each awarded by an electoral college. The first electoral college consisted de facto of French citizens from metropolitan France living in Niger , while the second electoral college consisted of other French Union citizens in Niger. While the second college voted Mohamadou Djibrilla Maïga , Raoul Streiff prevailed against Gaston Fourrier in the first college in the elections on January 3, 1947 . Streiff joined the group of the Républicains indépendants and became a member of the Committee on Overseas France . He was in constant contact with his supporters in Niger. In the elections on November 14, 1948, he had to admit defeat to Gaston Fourrier and left the House of Lords.

A little later, for health reasons, Streiff moved to Monaco , where he worked as commercial director until the end of the 1960s and died in 1980.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Anciens sénateurs IVème République: Streiff Raoul. Sénat , accessed July 2, 2016 (French).
  2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 270 .
  3. ↑ Anciens sénateurs IVème République: Maiga Mohamadou Djibrilla. Sénat , accessed July 2, 2016 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Streiff, Raoul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French trader and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Magalas
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1980
Place of death Monaco