Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909 – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the
French Section of the Workers' International
The French Section of the Workers' International (french: Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière, SFIO) was a political party in France that was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the modern-day Socialist Party. The SFIO was found ...
(SFIO) and president of the ''
Ligue des droits de l'homme
The Human Rights League (french: Ligue des droits de l’homme '' t du citoyen' or LDH) of France is a Human Rights NGO association to observe, defend and promulgation of Rights Man within the French Republic in all spheres of public life. The ...
'' (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975.
He founded the ''
Comité d'Action Socialiste'' in 1941
and was a member of the
Brutus Network The Brutus Network (french: Réseau Brutus) was a French Resistance movement during World War II. It was founded in 1941 by Pierre Fourcaud, parachuted in France with instructions from Charles de Gaulle to set up an intelligence network, , a
Resistant Socialist group. Mayer also supported the ''
Libération-sud'' resistance movement headed by
Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie
Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie (6 January 190012 June 1969) was a French journalist, politician and member of the French Resistance.
Biography
Born in Paris, he attended the Naval Academy but resigned from the French Navy in 1923. He became a ...
.
References
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1909 births
1996 deaths
Politicians from Paris
Jewish French politicians
French Section of the Workers' International politicians
Unified Socialist Party (France) politicians
French Ministers of Veterans Affairs
Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945)
Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1946)
Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
Human Rights League (France) members
French Resistance members
Jewish socialists