Rémy Montagne (9 January 1917 – 10 January 1991) was a French lawyer, politician and media proprietor. He was a member of the

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from 1958 to 1980.

Early life

Rémy Montagne was born on 9 January 1917 in

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/ref> He was a member of the Association catholique de la jeunesse française as a young man.Maryvonne Gasse
Rémy Montagne, un démocrate-chrétien dans le siècle
''Famille chrétienne'', September 13, 2010 He was an avid reader of Jacques Maritain and became friends with

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, two Catholic philosophers. During World War II, he was openly opposed to the Nazis. In 1940, at a meeting of young Catholics in

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, he expressed his intention to fight back against the German invaders, adding that the real battle consisted in resisting against the totalitarianism of the Hitlerian ideology. Six months later, he lost an eye in battle, and his brother Martial was deported to the

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, where he was murdered by the Nazis.

Career

Montagne started his career as a lawyer shortly after the war, in 1945. He founded ''L’Eure-Éclair'', a weekly newspaper, in 1954. He served as the

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member of the

for the 3rd district of Eure from 1958 to 1980.Audrey Levy
Rémy Montagne, une foi inébranlable
''Le Point'', December 23, 2010 He was then appointed Secretary of State to the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, where he served for nine months between 1980 and 1981. In 1985, he founded Ampère, a publishing house. It changed its name to

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in 1989.Marie-Joëlle Guillaume
Rémy Montagne : le rayonnement d'un chrétien engagé
''Famille chrétienne'', February 3, 2001

Personal life

He married Geneviève Michelin, the sister of automobile heir François Michelin, on 3 May 1945. They had seven children.

Death

He died in 1991. His biography, authored by Marie-Joëlle Guillaume, was published in 2010.

References

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