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François Billoux (21 May 1903 – 14 January 1978) was a French
communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...
politician.


Biography

Billoux was born in
Saint-Romain-la-Motte Saint-Romain-la-Motte () is a commune in the Loire department in central France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French ...
. He was a member of the Central Committee of the
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(PCF) from 1926, and a member of the
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from 1936. From 1928 until 1931, he was also General Secretary of the Young Communist Movement of France (MJCF), the youth wing of the PCF. Billoux served as a member of the
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from 1936 to 1940, and the
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from 1945 to 1978, representing
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. During
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, Billoux was interned in France and
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from 1940 until he was freed after
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in 1943. In the post-war years, he served as Minister of Public Health (1944–1945), Minister of National Economy (1945–1946),
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(1946) and Minister of National Defence (1947). He died in
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, and is buried in
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in
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.


References

1903 births 1978 deaths People from Loire (department) French Communist Party politicians Ministers of defence of France Government ministers of France Members of the 16th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the Provisional Consultative Assembly Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945) Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1946) Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 4th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 5th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Bouches-du-Rhône French people of World War II French people of the First Indochina War French people of the Algerian War {{France-politician-PCF-stub