Gaston Paul Charles Deffer ( Fr. Gaston Paul Charles Defferre ; September 14, 1910 , Marzillargues , Hérault Department, France - May 7, 1986 , Marseille , France ) - French statesman, French Minister of the Interior (1981-1984).
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| Head of the government | Laurent Fabius | ||||||
| Predecessor | Position established | ||||||
| Successor | Hervé de Charette as Minister of Public Administration and Planning, Pierre Meeneri as Minister of Infrastructure, Housing, Spatial Planning and Transport | ||||||
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| Head of the government | Pierre Maurois | ||||||
| Predecessor | Christian Bonnet | ||||||
| Successor | Pierre Jox | ||||||
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| Head of the government | Guy Mollet | ||||||
| Predecessor | Pierre hen teigen | ||||||
| Successor | Gerard Jacquet | ||||||
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| Head of the government | Henri Coy Rene Pleven | ||||||
| Predecessor | Lionel di tangi du pue | ||||||
| Successor | Andre Maurice | ||||||
| Birth | September 14, 1910 Marzillargues , Herault Department, France | ||||||
| Death | May 7, 1986 (aged 75) Marseille , France | ||||||
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| The consignment | Socialist party | ||||||
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| Profession | lawyer | ||||||
Biography
Born into a petty-bourgeois Protestant family. In 1928 he moved to Dakar. After studying economics and law in Aix-en-Provence in 1931, he enters the Marseille Bar Association; in 1933 he joined the French section of the Workers' International , was a supporter of the Popular Front and a militant socialist.
In 1940, he became one of the first members of the Socialist Resistance in the Comité d'action socialiste (CAS) created by Daniel Major. After the invasion of the German occupation forces and the creation of the Vichy regime, he went underground into the network operating in Toulouse, Lyon and Lot department.
In September 1944, he was among those who met General de Gaulle in front of the city hall of the liberated Marseilles. From 1953 until his death in 1986, for 33 years, he was the socialist mayor of Marseille, received the nickname of King Canebier. In this case, rumors have repeatedly arisen about his connections with the local mafia. The urban development policy emphasizes the development of the 9th arrondissement, which has become one of the most densely populated condominiums in France (architect Xavier Arsene-Henri)
From 1962 to 1981 and in 1986 - deputy of the National Assembly and leader of the Socialist faction.
Among the posts:
- 1945-1958 - Socialist deputy in the Parliament of the Department of Bouches-du-Rhone ,
- 1944-1945 and 1953-1986 - mayor of Marseille,
- January-June 1946 - Secretary of State at the Ministry of Information,
- 1946-1947 - Deputy Secretary of State at the Ministry of Overseas Territories,
- 1950-1951 - Minister of Merchant Fleet,
- 1956-1957 - Minister of Overseas Territories, prepared a law on the decolonization of French Africa, which bears his name,
- 1959-1962 - Member of the French Senate.
In 1969, he ran for president, but already in the first round he suffered a crushing defeat, gaining only 5.0% of the vote and took fourth place.
From 1981 to 1984 served as Minister of the Interior in the socialist government of France. In 1984-1986 - Minister of Planning and Territorial Administration of France. In these posts he carried out one of the most significant reforms of the socialist government, related to the decentralization of the management system. During the formation of the first socialist cabinet, Pierre Morois was one of the few socialists who opposed the inclusion of ministers from the Communist Party.
Interesting Facts
On April 21, 1967, the last official duel in France took place in the park of Neuilly-sur-Seine , in which Deffer and the gallist deputy Rene Ribier met on swords. Gallist thus decided to restore his honor after Deffer called him an idiot in the National Assembly. The fight lasted only a few minutes, as the socialist inflicted two shots on the shoulder of his opponent.
Sources
- Georges Marion, Gaston Defferre, Paris, Albin Michel , 1989, 361 p. ( ISBN 2226035427 )
- Edmonde Charles-Roux, L'Homme de Marseille, Paris, Grasset, 2001, 221 p. ( ISBN 978-2246564416 )
- Gérard Unger, Gaston Defferre, Paris, Éditions Fayard, 2011, 391 p. ( ISBN 978-2213661636 )