Raoul Bleuse (9 September 1895, in

Ribemont Ribemont () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the birthplace of Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), figure of the French Revolution History Two treaties were signed in Ribemont: *The Treaty of ...

– 8 June 1984, in

Alfortville Alfortville () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History The commune of Alfortville was created on 1 April 1885 from part of the commune of Maisons ...

), was a French politician.

Early life

He voluntarily enlisted in the army in October 1913, took part in

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, and was demobilized in August 1919. In 1921 he enlisted in the police as well as the French Social-Democrat Party (

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). He was dismissed from the police in 1942 due to his activities in the

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, then reinstated in 1945.Raoul Bleuse
biography on the website of the French National Assembly

Political career

He was elected as mayor of Alfortville from 1947 to 1965 and as general councillor in the Seine department from 1953 to 1967. In September 1958, he joined the splinter left-wing Autonomous Socialist Party (PSA), was unsuccessfully a candidate for the 1958 legislative election, getting less than 10% of votes. In 1960, the PSA merged into the Unified Socialist Party (PSU). He was one of only two PSU candidates elected to the National Assembly after the 1962 legislative election, with

François Tanguy-Prigent François Marie Tanguy Prigent (11 October 1909 – 20 January 1970) was a French Socialist politician who became a resistance fighter during World War II (1939–45). He was Minister of Agriculture from September 1944 to October 1947 and was Mini ...

, even if he only got 16.6% for the first round, but the Communist candidate Roland Foucard (28.5%) stepped down between the two rounds, in order to let him win the race. He first joined the unaffiliated group of deputies, then came back to the SFIO parliamentary group in April 1963 and left it 2 years later.

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