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Daniel Mayer

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Daniel Raphaël Mayer
President of the Constitutional Council of France
In office
4 March 1983 – 4 March 1986
Appointed byFrançois Mitterrand
Preceded byRoger Frey
Succeeded byRobert Badinter
Personal details
Born(1909-04-29)29 April 1909
Paris, France
Died29 December 1996(1996-12-29) (aged 87)
Orsay, Île-de-France, France
OccupationPolitician

Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909[1] – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975.[2] He founded the Comité d'Action Socialiste in 1941[3] and was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistant Socialist group.[4][5] Mayer also supported the Libération-sud resistance movement headed by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie.

He was also President of Constitutional Council from 1983 to 1986,[6] and Minister of Labour from 1946 to 1949.[7] Mayer was a Member of Parliament for the Seine from 1945 to 1958.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "MAYER Daniel, Raphaël". Le Maitron (in French). 13 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  2. ^ Bridgford, Jeff (1995). "Mayer, Daniel Raphaël (1909–)". In A. T. Lane (ed.). Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders. Vol. 2. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 632–3. ISBN 978-0-313-29900-1.
  3. ^ Simkin, John. "Daniel William Mayer". Biography. Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  4. ^ Broche, François; Caïtucoli, Georges; Muracciole, Jean-François (2007). La France au combat: de l'appel du 18 juin à la victoire (in French). Perrin. p. 106. ISBN 978-2-240-02546-3. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  5. ^ Andrieu, Suzanne (1998). Lot-et-Garonne au XXe siècle (in French). Amis du vieux Nérac. p. 199. ISBN 978-2-913055-00-1. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Musée de la résistance en ligne". museedelaresistanceenligne.org. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  7. ^ Robert, Badinter. "Daniel Mayer". FranceArchives (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Daniel Mayer - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
Legal offices
Preceded by President of the Constitutional Council
1983–1986 		Succeeded by
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