Ronan Leprohon

Ronan Leprohon (born Roger Leprohon; 22 March 1939 – 23 August 2017) was a 20th-century French Breton academic historian, politician, and lifelong Breton nationalist.

Roger Leprohon was born on March 22, 1939. His father a militant communist laborer, his mother a Breton-speaker.

In 1965, he began doctoral studies in history at the University of Rennes under François Lebrun and received his doctorate in 1972.

In 1969, Leprohon became a professor of modern history at the University of Western Brittany in Brest, Brittany, France.

In 1964, Leprohon became a founding member of the Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh (English - Breton Democratic Union, French - (Union démocratique bretonne, AKA "UDB") with Yan-Cheun Veillard (born Jean-Yves Veillard). In 1977, he became deputy mayor of Brest and regional councilor of Brittany. He served as vice-president of the urban community of Brest, responsible for economic development, initiator of the "technopole" (high tech center) of Brest.

In 1982, he joined the Socialist Party of France (PS), which he supported until 1997. During that period, he served two terms as regional councilor of Brittany, elected by direct popular vote.

In 1997, he returned to the UDB. He assumed responsibility (again) for the UDB newspaper Le Peuple breton and was member of the UDB political bureau until November 2010.

Ronan Leprohon had three children: Tangi and Katell of a first marriage and Bleuenn of a second.

Leprohon died age 78 on August 23, 2017.

Gael Brian, editor of Le People breton said of Leprohon:

Ronan Leprohon était un tribun hors pair, une force de caractère, exigeant envers les autres et lui-même, qui pouvait tout à la fois rentrer dans une grosse colère et être d'une grande gentillesse". "Il m’impressionnait par sa capacité à toujours voir un sujet sous un angle original ... Ronan ne laissait jamais indifférent et ses analyses politiques étaient souvent brillantes
Ronan Leprohon was an outstanding tribune, a force of character, demanding of others and himself, who could at the same time enter into a great anger and be of a great kindness... He impressed me by his ability to always see a subject from an original angle... Ronan never left indifferent and his political analyzes were often brilliant.

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