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Vergès
Vergès is a French surname. It may refer to: * Jacques Vergès (1925–2013), French lawyer known for defending war criminals * Paul Vergès (1925–2016), French (Reunionese) politician * Raymond Vergès (1882–1957), French politician See also * Verges (other) Verges may refer to: Places * Verges, Catalonia, Spain * Verges, Jura, France People * Vergès, French surname * Bruno Verges (born 1975), rugby league player * Dominica Verges (1918–2002), Cuban singer * Marta Rovira i Vergés (born 1977) ... {{surname Surnames of French origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Vergès
Jacques Vergès (5 March 1925 – 15 August 2013) was a Siamese-born French lawyer and anti-colonial activist. Vergès began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II, under Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces. After becoming a lawyer, he became well known for his defense of FLN militants during the Algerian War of Independence. He was later involved in a number of controversial and high-profile legal cases, with a series of defendants charged with terrorism, serial murder, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. This includes Nazi officer Klaus Barbie "the Butcher of Lyon" in 1987, terrorist Carlos the Jackal in 1994, and former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan in 2008. He also defended infamous Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy in 1998 as well as members of the Baader-Meinhof gang. As a result of taking on such clients, he garnered criticism from members of the public, including intellectuals Bernard-Henri Lévy and Alain Finkielkraut, political-activist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Vergès
Paul Vergès (5 March 1925 – 11/12 November 2016) was a Réunionese politician. Born in Ubon Ratchathani, Siam to a French diplomat father and Vietnamese mother. Vergès founded the Communist Party of Réunion in 1960, a party which he led until he retired in 1994. He made a political comeback at the 2005 European Parliament elections, when he was elected as the third candidate on the list of the French Communist Party, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. Vergès sat in the European Parliament's Committee on Development. Vergès killed the political opponent of his father, Alexis de Villeneuve, on 25 May 1946. He was condemned for the crime to a sentence of 5 years in prison. Vergès was an MP in the National Assembly of France from 1957 to 1959, from 1987 to 1988 and from 1994 to 1997. He was a Senator in the French Parliament from 1997 to 2005 and again since 2012. From 1980 to 1990 and from 2005 to 2008, he was a member of the European Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Vergès
Raymond Vergès (15 August 1882 – 2 July 1957) was a French politician. He represented the French Communist Party in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1945 and in the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ... from 1946 to 1955. References Assemblee-Nationale - Sycomore 1882 births 1957 deaths People from Saint-Denis, Réunion Politicians from Réunion French Communist Party politicians Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945) Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic {{Réunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verges (other)
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Verges may refer to: Places * Verges, Catalonia, Spain * Verges, Jura, France People * Vergès, French surname * Bruno Verges (born 1975), rugby league player * Dominica Verges (1918–2002), Cuban singer * Marta Rovira i Vergés (born 1977), Spanish lawyer and politician * Martí Vergés (born 1934), Spanish footballer * Olimpio Otero Vergés (1845–1911), Puerto Rican merchant, attorney, composer * Rosa Vergés (born 1955), Spanish film director who won a 1991 Goya Award * Troy Verges, American songwriter * Verges, a character in William Shakespeare's play '' Much Ado About Nothing'' * , editor and publisher of Josep Pla See also * Verge (other) * Vargas (other) Vargas may refer to: People *Vargas (surname), including a list of people with this surname *Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th President of Brazil **Getúlio Vargas, Rio Grande do Sul, a Brazilian municipality *"Vargas", also "Varga", signature on wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Surname
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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