Émile Roche (
Estaires
Estaires (; ) is a commune in the Nord department of the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
The town gives its name to a type of chicken bred in the area: the Estaires chicken.
Geography
Estaires is located in French Flanders, in th ...
, 24 September 1893 – 1990), was a French economist, radical politician and journalist.
He was born the son of a grocer, who entered politics after the First World War. He was best known as a supporter of the politician
Joseph Caillaux
Joseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux (; 30 March 1863 – 22 November 1944) was a French politician of the French Third Republic, Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposi ...
from 1927 during the 1930s through the newspaper he founded ''
La République
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
*La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
*"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...
.'' Under the German Occupation, Émile Roche wrote for the collaborationist newspaper ''
Les Nouveaux Temps
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People
* Les (given name)
* Les (surname)
* L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer
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'' where he criticised the parties of the 1930s and supported the single party. After the Liberation he intervened on behalf of the former German ambassador to Vichy,
Otto Abetz
Otto Friedrich Abetz (26 March 1903 – 5 May 1958) was a German diplomat, a Nazi official and a convicted war criminal during World War II.
Abetz joined the Nazi Party and the SA in the early 1930s later becoming a member of the SS. Abetz pla ...
in 1950. From 1954 to 1974 he was the Président of the
French Conseil économique.
[. conseil-economique-et-social.fr] He was also well known as a distinguished collector of art.
References
External links
biography on Centre d'Histoire (fr.)
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1893 births
1990 deaths
Politicians from Nord (French department)
Radical Party (France) politicians