Jean Cristofol (1901–1957) was a

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.French National Assembly biography
/ref> He was a

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in the

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from 1936 to 1940, and from 1946 to 1957, then

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Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, the second largest city in

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, from 1946 to 1947.Maurice Agulhon, Fernand Barrat, ''C. R. S. à Marseille:"la police au service du peuple," 1944-1947'', A. Colin, 1971, p. 14

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Biography

Jean Joseph Antoine Cristofol was born on 24 March 1901 in Puigcerdà, Aja-Vilallovent,.Jean Baptiste Gaignebet, Pierre Guiral, ''La Provence de 1900 à nos jours'', Privat, 1978, p. 31

/ref> He became a député in the French National Assembly in 1936. In April 1940, he was sent to prison by the Vichy government for being a Communist. He was released in 1943, and became a député again in 1944. He was the

of Marseille from 1946 to 1947.Gilles Rochu, ''Marseille, les années Defferre'', Editions A. Moreau, 1983, p. 7

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'', Issues 537-545, 1983, p. 3

/ref> He died on 21 November 1957 in

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1901 births 1957 deaths People from Cerdanya (comarca) French people of Spanish descent French Communist Party politicians Members of the 16th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic 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 Mayors of Marseille Deaths from lung cancer in France Members of the General Confederation of Labour (France) {{France-mayor-stub