Léonard Léon Betoulle (25 October 1871 — 30 November 1956) was a French politician. He was 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 ...

Party and served as mayors of

Limoges Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...

from 1947 to 1956. He was a member of parliament for

Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; , ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture an ...

from 1906 to 1924. He was then senator for

from 1924 to 1944. He voted full powers to Marshal Pétain in 1940. He was dismissed from the town hall with his municipal council in 1941. He also president of the general council of

from 1929 to 1940. He had also been excluded from the

party and had joined the Democratic Socialist Party, a reception structure for socialists compromised under the Vichy regime. He stayed away from public life after the Liberation.

Biography

Léon Betoulle was born in

, France on 1871 and died in same place

, France on 1956 at the age of 85. He managed to reconquer his post in 1947 and kept it until his death in 1956, after being re-elected one last time in 1953.

References

1871 births 1956 deaths People from Limoges French Section of the Workers' International politicians Democratic Socialist Party (France) politicians Members of the 9th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 10th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 11th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic French senators of the Third Republic {{HauteVienne-politician-stub