Jean Charles-Brun (29 December 1870 – 14 October 1946), was an

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French proponent of autonomy of

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's regions and then founded the French Regionalist Federation in 1901. Charles-Brun was also a proponent of

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and the creation of a democratic international "confederation latine" ("Latin Confederation"). Julian Wright. ''The Regionalist Movement in France, 1890-1914: Jean Charles-Brun and French Political Thought''. Oxford University Press, 2003. P. 72.

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