Georges Bourgeois

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Georges Bourgeois is a French judicial officer and politician. He was born on April 20, 1913, in Mulhouse and died on August 1, 1978, in the same city.

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Career

Judicial officer in Mulhouse from 1947, [1] Georges Bourgeois got involved at the local level by becoming mayor of Pulversheim in 1945 and remained so until 1977. [2] General councilor of Haut-Rhin in the canton of Ensisheim from 1945 to 1973, [3] he was the president of the departmental council between December 1948 and September 1973, when he was defeated in the cantonal elections and retired.

At the national level, he was senator for Haut-Rhin from 1948 to 1951 [4] then deputy for the department, elected on the list of the RPF then that of the CNIP and the Social Republicans (1951-1958), and of the 2nd constituency of Haut-Rhin (1958-1962). [5] [6]

During his mandates, he belonged to the various Gaullist movements.

He was also a member of various European institutions such as the Council of Europe, [7] the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the Western European Union.

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References

  1. "BOURGEOIS Georges". Fédération des Sociétés d'Histoire et d'Archéologie d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  2. Hirsinger, Ewald (1977). Pulversheim: le village que lo̕n aime (in French). Alsatia. p. 130. ISBN   9789757265566.
  3. "DANS LES AUTRES DÉPARTEMENTS" . Le Monde.fr (in French). 1973-09-27. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  4. "Anciens sénateurs IVème République : BOURGEOIS Georges". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  5. Lachaise, Bernard (2007). "Itinéraires des parlementaires gaullistes de la IVe République". Parlement[s], Revue d'histoire politique (in French). 7 (1): 51 via Cairn.info.
  6. "Assemblée nationale - Les députés de la Ve République : M. Georges, André Bourgeois". www.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  7. Official Report of Debates Volume I. Council of Europe. pp. VI.

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