Jacques Baumel
| Jacques Baumel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 March 1918 Marseille, France |
| Died | 17 February 2006 (aged 87) Rueil-Malmaison, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | 'Saint-Just', 'Berneix' or 'Rossini' |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Resistance Fighter, Gaulist |
Jacques Baumel was a French politician. He was born on 6 March 1918 in Marseille and died 17 February 2006 in Rueil-Malmaison. He was a French resistance fighter (under the aliases 'Saint-Just' ',' 'Berneix' or 'Rossini'), deputy in the National Assembly, a Senator, an important leader of the Gaullist movement, and Secretary of State and mayor of Rueil-Malmaison.
After medical studies in France, Jacques Baumel took part in the French Resistance and directed the Combat resistance group in Marseille . In 1943, he was Secretary General of the Mouvements Unis de la Résistance (United movements of the Resistance) (MUR). In 1945 helped found the Union démocratique et socialiste de la Résistance (UDSR). He served on the Provisional Consultative Assembly. In 1945, he was elected Deputy of the National Assembly of Moselle to the First National Constituent Assembly, was elected in Creuse to the Second Assembly but defeated in the elections to the National Assembly of 1946. He chaired the parliamentary group of the UDSR. He participated in the development of Rassemblement du peuple français (Rally of the French People) (RPF) from its founding in 1947.
As a senator from 1959 to 1967, he was one of the assistant secretaries general of the Union for the New Republic (UNR). He went to the United States and examined the campaign of John F. Kennedy in 1960. He became the General Secretariat of the Gaullist movement December 7, 1962 after the success of the Union for the New Republic in November, a position he held until January 19, 1968, when he was replaced by Robert Poujade. He was elected during the new elections to the National Assembly as soon as 1967 and held a seat in Palais Bourbon until 2002. He was a member of the Union for the New Republic, of the Union for the Defence of the Republic (UDR) and Rally for the Republic (RPR).
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