André Kerhervé (born 14 August 1911 in
Quimperlé
Quimperlé (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography
Quimperlé is in the southeast of Finistère, 20 km to the west of Lorient and 44 km to the east of Quimper. Historically, it belon ...
) was a French politician, active in
Congo-Brazzaville
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
. Kerhervé managed a printing business.
Politically, he labelled himself an Independent.
He was heading the
UDSR in
Moyen-Congo Moyen-Congo may refer to:
* A former French colony in Africa, known as :
** French Congo (''Congo français'', 1882-1903)
** ''Moyen-Congo'' or ''Middle Congo'' (1903-1960), as part of French Equatorial Africa between 1910 and 1958
** The independen ...
. In 1957 he was elected to the Territorial Assembly as an
African Socialist Movement
African Socialist Movement (french: Mouvement Socialiste Africain, MSA) was a political party in French West Africa. The MSA was formed following a meeting of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière (SFIO) federations of Cameroon, Ch ...
(MSA) candidate.
[Wagret, Jean-Michel. ]
Histoire et sociologie politiques de la République du Congo "Brazzaville"
'. Paris: Pichon & Durand-Auzias, 1963. p. 238 On 8 December 1958 he was named Minister of Industrial Production in the government of
Fulbert Youlou
Abbé Fulbert Youlou (29 June,In ''African Powder Keg: Revolt and Dissent in Six Emergent Nations'', author Ronald Matthews lists Youlou's date of birth as 9 June 1917. This date is also listed in ''Annuaire parlementaire des États d'Afrique noi ...
(along with another socialist member of the assembly,
Albert Fourvelle Albert Fourvelle (born December 17, 1916, Mabirou) was a Congolese politician. Fourvelle was of mixed African-European heritage. He worked as a trader, and became an active socialist. In 1952 he was elected to the Territorial Assembly (by the secon ...
).
[Wagret, Jean-Michel. ]
Histoire et sociologie politiques de la République du Congo
'. Paris: Pichon & Durand-Auzias, 1963. p. 82[Gauze, René, Virginia Thompson, and Richard Adloff. ]
The Politics of Congo-Brazzaville
'. Stanford: Calif, 1973. p. 66
References
Republic of the Congo politicians
1911 births
Year of death missing
People from Quimperlé
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