Émile Muller

Émile Muller (20 April 1915,

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

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– 11 November 1988) was a French politician from

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. He was the candidate of the Democratic Socialist Movement of France in the

1974 French presidential election Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom ...

, where he won only 0.69% of the vote. He was at first a member of the

French Section of the Workers' International The French Section of the Workers' International (, SFIO) was a major socialist political party in France which was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the present Socialist Party. The SFIO was founded in 1905 as the French representativ ...

(SFIO), before leaving the party in 1970 to protest its alliance with the

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (, , PCF) is a Communism, communist list of political parties in France, party in France. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its Member of the European Parliament, MEPs sit with The Left in the ...

. He then founded the Party of Socialist Democracy (PDS), which participated in the

Reforming Movement The Reformist Movement (, MR) was a French centrist political alliance created in 1971 by the Radical Party (PR) led by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, and the Christian-democratic Democratic Centre (CD) headed by Jean Lecanuet. The first conv ...

in 1972. In December 1973 he founded the Democratic Socialist Movement of France, or MDSF. The MDSF nominated him as its candidate in

, where he won only 0.69%. In 1981, he was succeeded by Joseph Klifa as mayor of

. He had held the city since 1956. He also stepped down as deputy in 1981; he had represented the

since 1958. 1915 births 1988 deaths Politicians from Mulhouse Mayors of places in Grand Est French Section of the Workers' International politicians Social Democratic Party (France) politicians Union for French Democracy politicians Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 5th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 6th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Candidates in the 1974 French presidential election {{France-politician-stub