Charles Fiterman (born 28 December 1933) is a

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. He served as Minister of Transport from 1981 to 1984, under former President

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.Jacob Meunier, ''On the fast track: French railway modernization and the origins of the TGV, 1944-1983'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, p. 21

/ref> He was originally a high-ranking member of the

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, but joined the

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in 1998.Jane Jenson, George Ross, ''The view from inside: a French Communist cell in crisis'', University of California Press, 1984, p. 30

/ref>Christopher Flood, Laurence Bell, ''Political ideologies in contemporary France'', Continuum International Publishing Group, 1997, p.5

/ref> In 2017, he announced in

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that he had left the Socialist Party.

Bibliography

*''Profession de foi: pour l'honneur de la politique'' (2005)

References

1933 births Living people Politicians from Saint-Étienne Government ministers of France French Communist Party politicians Transport ministers of France {{France-politician-PCF-stub