Pierre Descaves (1 October 1924 – 7 May 2014) was a French politician.

Early life

Pierre Descaves was born on 1 October 1924 in

Khenchela Khenchela ancient Mascula ( ar, خنشلة) is the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province (''Wilaya''), number 40, in the north east of Algeria. Situated in the Aures Mountains, 1200 m above sea level. The city is mainly popu ...

French Algeria French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...

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Career

Descaves served during

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.Disparition de Pierre Descaves, ancien leader du FN en Picardie
''

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'', May 9, 2014 During the

Algerian War The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November ...

, he served in the

Organisation armée secrète The ''Organisation Armée Secrète'' (OAS, "Secret Armed Organisation") was a far-right French dissident paramilitary organisation during the Algerian War. The OAS carried out terrorist attacks, including bombings and assassinations, in an att ...

.Stéphane Le Barber
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'' Courrier Picard'', May 12, 2014 He joined the National Front in 1983.Roland Gaucher, ''La Montée du Front 1983-1997'', Paris: Editions Jean Picollec, 1997, p. 34 He served as a member of the

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from 1986 to 1988, representing

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 ...

. He ran unsuccessfully to become the Mayor of

Noyon Noyon (; pcd, Noéyon; la, Noviomagus Veromanduorum, Noviomagus of the Veromandui, then ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department, northern France. Geography Noyon lies on the river Oise (river), Oise, a ...

in 1995, by a small margin. Nevertheless, he served on its city council from 1989 to 2001. In 2009, he left the National Front and joined the

Party of France The Party of France (french: Parti de la France, PDF) is a political party in France. The PDF was founded on 23 February 2009 by National Front MEP Carl Lang. Carl Lang was known for his opposition to Marine Le Pen's possible candidacy to th ...

, founded by

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. He wrote five books.

Death

He died at the

American Hospital of Paris The American Hospital of Paris (''Hôpital américain de Paris''), founded in 1906, is a private, not-for-profit hospital that is certified under the French healthcare system. Located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the western suburbs of Paris, France, ...

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

on 7 May 2014 at the age of eighty-nine.

Bibliography

*''La Guerre des immondes'' (Paris: Editions Godefroy de Bouillon, 2002). *''Des rêves suffisamment grands'' (prefaced by Jean-Claude Martinez, Paris: Déterna, 2005). *''La Salsa des cloportes'' (prefaced by

Bruno Gollnisch Bruno Gollnisch (; born 28 January 1950) is a French academic and politician, a member of the National Front (France), National Front (FN) History of far-right movements in France, far-right party. He was a member of the Member of the European ...

, Paris: Déterna, 2006). *''Une autre histoire de l'OAS : Topologie d'une désinformation'' (

La Chaussée-d'Ivry La Chaussée-d'Ivry (, literally ''The Causeway of Ivry'') is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department The following is a list of the 365 communes of the Eure- ...

: Atelier Fol'Fer, 2008). *''Interdit aux chiens d'aboyer !'' (La Chaussée-d'Ivry: Atelier Fol'fer, 2011).

References

1924 births 2014 deaths People from Khenchela People of French Algeria Pieds-Noirs National Rally (France) politicians Party of France politicians Deputies of the 8th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French non-fiction writers French Algeria French military personnel of World War II Members of the Organisation armée secrète {{France-politician-FN-stub