Raymond Guyot

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Raymond Guyot
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Guyot c. 1938
Born(1903-11-17)November 17, 1903
Auxerre, Yonne, French Third Republic
DiedApril 17, 1986(1986-04-17) (aged 82)
Fleury-Mérogis, Essonne, French Fifth Republic
Political party PCF
Other political
affiliations		 GDR

Raymond Guyot (November 17, 1903 - April 17, 1986) was a French politician, leader of the French Communist Party (PCF).

Biography

Guyot was born in Auxerre. He joined the PCF in 1921, and was elected a member of its Central Committee seven years later. From 1935 to 1943 he was a high-ranking member of the Presidium of the Communist International for Youth and was general secretary of the Executive Committee for a period. [1] [2]

He was a member of the Politbureau of the PCF from 1945 to 1972. He was also deputy to the National Assembly from 1937–40 and 1946–58, and was made a senator in 1959. [1] He died in Paris, aged 82.

References

  1. 1 2 "Raymond Guyot". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ↑ O'Sullivan, Donal (2010). Dealing with the Devil: Anglo-Soviet Intelligence Cooperation in the Second World War. Peter Lang. p. 75. ISBN   978-1-4331-0581-4.


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