René Capitant

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René Capitant (born August 19, 1901 in La Tronche , † May 23, 1970 in Suresnes ) was a French lawyer, political scientist and left- Gaullist politician.

He wrote numerous studies on public law and political science and was a Knight of the Legion of Honor .

Life

The son of Henri Capitant attended the Lycée Henri IV in Paris and studied law in Paris.

In 1929 he was appointed professor of law at the University of Strasbourg .

He was interested in National Socialism in Germany, stayed in Germany in 1934 on the basis of a Rockefeller grant and became an opponent of the new Pan-Germanism . As head of an institute for German science, he collected documents on the development of National Socialism. In 1937 he became chairman of the Committee of Vigilance in Strasbourg, fought as a speaker against the new German policy and criticized the Munich Agreement. In 1939 he volunteered for the armored force and fought there until the armistice. Here he met Charles de Gaulle . He then settled in Clermont-Ferrand as a member of the University of Strasbourg and resisted underground. In 1941 he was appointed to the University of Algiers , where he continued to do resistance work and supported the landing of the Allies.

Following a discussion with de Gaulle in London, he appointed him commissioner for education in the National Liberation Committee, which he remained after the government reshuffle on December 5, 1944. Capitant founded the Union Gaulle list, which he transferred to the Rassemblement du peuple français after de Gaulle's resignation . Capitant was a member of the Bas-Rhin (1945) and Paris (46-51) departments. He lost his mandate in the 1951 general election, but remained a spokesman for the RPF. Since 1951 he was a professor at the University of Paris.

From 1957 to 1960 Capitant was director of the Franco-Japanese house in Tokyo . 1960, he was from the Keio University , the honorary doctorate awarded. From May to August 1962 he was legal advisor to the provisional government in Algiers . In December 1962 he became President of the Legal Committee of the National Assembly, and he was also the spokesman for left-wing Gaullist MPs in parliament.

Despite opposition to Georges Pompidou , he became Minister of Justice in the 5th Pompidou Cabinet on May 31, 1968, he kept this position under Maurice Couve de Murville . After de Gaulle's resignation, Capitant founded the Union gaulliste populaire and went into open opposition to Pompidou. However, he soon withdrew from politics due to illness.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e René Capitant in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

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personal data
SURNAME Captain, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH La Tronche
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1970
Place of death Suresnes