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Confédération Générale De L'agriculture
The General Confederation of Agriculture (CGA) was a short lived national association of syndicats agricoles to replace the Vichy regime's Corporation Paysanne after the Liberation of France. History The CGA originated from the Confédération nationale paysanne (CNP), a socialist-leaning underground union comprising mainly French Section of the Workers' International, SFIO (socialist) and radical activists. In 1944, the CNP began publishing a newspaper, ''La Résistance Paysanne''. Key socialist figure François Tanguy-Prigent became Minister of Agriculture (France), minister of agriculture in the Provisional Government of the French Republic on 4 September 1944. The CGA was officially established in March 1945 to unite agricultural sectors, including unions, mutual aid organizations, and cooperatives. Initially, the CGA prospered due to resources obtained from the dissolution of the Corporation Paysanne. In March 1946, the Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Canonge
Henri Albert Canonge (May 13, 1914 – October 23, 1981) was a French syndicalist and a prominent figure in post-war agricultural cooperatives. Early life Henri Canonge was born to Protestant pastor Albert Adolphe Canonge (1872–1946) and Alix Rosalie Lamarche (1873–1961) in Barre-des-Cévennes, a village in Lozère, France. After studying at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon, he enrolled in the National Institute of Agronomy in 1934, graduating as an agronomist engineer. He married Germaine Puech, niece of sculptor Denys Puech, on July 1, 1939. After her death, he remarried Ida Henriette Lambert on July 24, 1967. Career Henri Canonge began his career at the Caisse Nationale de Crédit Agricole. He became an active member of the socialist-leaning Confédération Nationale Paysanne (CNP) in 1936. In 1945, he served as director of the General Confederation of Agriculture (France), General Confederation of Agriculture (CGA). The CGA faced increasing dominance from the Fédération ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |