Alfred Pierre Marie Chupin (13 August 1916 – 26 July 2021) was a French politician.

Biography

The son of a trader in

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, Chupin trained as an engineer and became a pilot in the

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. He owned a plumbing and heating business prior to entering politics, inspired by

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. Chupin was elected

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of Brest in 1947, following the great success by other Rally of the French People (RPF) politicians. He was re-elected in 1950, although his second term was marred by the death of , an opponent who was killed during a demonstration harshly repressed by the police on 17 April 1950. In 1951, he was elected to the

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for

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, still a member of the RPF. During his mandate, he moved to the centre-left and joined the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance (USDF) following the dissolution of the RPF in 1953. That year, he failed to be re-elected as Mayor of Brest, losing to Popular Republican Movement candidate . Chupin supported Pierre Mendès France and his policies, moving further away from his previous Gaullist ideals with his support of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community. In

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, Chupin lost his seat in the National Assembly, earning only 3.2% of the vote. He never returned to politics. Alfred Chupin died in

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on 26 July 2021 at the age of 104.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chupin, Alfred 1916 births 2021 deaths Men centenarians French centenarians 20th-century French politicians Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Rally of the French People politicians Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance politicians Rally of Left Republicans politicians French Air and Space Force personnel Mayors of places in Brittany Politicians from Brest, France