Robert Deloche
| Robert Deloche | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 November 1909 Lyon, France |
| Died | 12 May 1988 (aged 78) Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Furrier |
| Known for | Mayor of Joinville-le-Pont |
Robert Deloche (20 November 1909 – 12 May 1988) was a French furrier, trade unionist, politician, militant communist, member of the French Resistance and mayor of Joinville-le-Pont.
Robert Deloche was born on 20 November 1909 in Lyon, Rhône. His first job was as a furrier. In 1928, he found work as a library clerk in the editorial office of the Communist daily l'Humanité. In 1929, he joined the propaganda department of French Communist Party. He undertook his military service from 1929 to 1932, reaching the rank of Brigadier of the Spahis. After discharge in 1932, he lived in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, where he founded the Committee of Unemployed of Champigny-sur-Marne, then obtained a job as a furrier. He was dismissed for participating in a strike.
In February 1933, Deloche was elected Assistance Treasurer of the Union of Garment Furriers of the Seine. He belonged to the Saint-Maur branch of the World Committee Against War and Fascism. In 1935, Deloche moved to Joinville-le-Pont where he ran successfully as a Communist in municipal elections of 5 and 12 May 1935. He met Albert Ouzoulias around this time, and the two men became friends. He ran for the national legislature in the elections of 26 April 1936, but retired in the second round in favor of the Socialist candidate, who was elected.
Deloche became assistant secretary of the colonial section of the French Communist Party in October 1936. In 1937, he joined the office of the Algerian Communist Party. A report that Deloche wrote on the situation in Algeria for the French Communist Party was sent to Comintern in Moscow. Deloche wrote that it was "necessary to purge certain Trotskyite agitators, such as Albert Camus ... who have developed a systematic campaign of calumny against the directors of the French Communist Party and its political line." Deloche returned to France in 1938. He met and befriended Roger Belbéoch at the end of the 1930s.
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