René Pagès
René Alfred Pagès (born May 18, 1911 in Puimisson , Hérault department , † September 9, 2001 in Bédarieux , Hérault department) was a French politician. From 1956 to 1958 he was a member of the National Assembly .
Pagès was born in the south of France to a shoemaker and started working for the French railway company when he was 17 . At the same time he joined the Parti communiste français and the Confédération Générale du Travail trade union . In 1939 he was mobilized after the outbreak of World War II , but was able to return to his homeland shortly afterwards and continue his profession. In November 1955 he ran for the first time in an election and thus managed to enter the General Council of the Hérault department. This qualified him within the party for the upcoming parliamentary elections in January 1956, in which he was placed behind Raoul Calas as the second communist list in the Hérault. Thanks to 30.7% of the votes that his party was able to achieve there, Pagès succeeded in entering the National Assembly. As a Member of Parliament, he voted in 1958 against the Charles de Gaulle Authorization Act , which ushered in the Fifth Republic . This resulted in new elections in which the MP had to assert himself in one constituency. After he had achieved a relative majority in the first ballot, he had to surrender to his Gaullist opponent in the second round . In the same year he had to accept his resignation from the General Council, to which he was able to return in 1964. In addition, he was elected mayor of the municipality of Béradieux in 1959. In addition to two unsuccessful candidacies for a seat in the Senate in 1962 and 1971, he also stood in the 1962 parliamentary elections as deputy to Paul Balmigère . Balmigère was elected and Pagès remained his representative until 1968, without however making a return to parliament himself. He remained Mayor of Béradieux until 1977 and then retired from politics until his death in 2001.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Base de données historique des anciens députés , assemblee-nationale.fr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pagès, René |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pagès, René Alfred (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puimisson , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2001 |
| Place of death | Bédarieux , France |