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Pierre Descaves

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Pierre Descaves
Born1 October 1924
Died7 May 2014 (2014-05-08) (aged 89)
NationalityFrench
OccupationPolitician

Pierre Descaves (1 October 1924 – 7 May 2014) was a French politician.

Early life

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Pierre Descaves was born on 1 October 1924 in Khenchela, French Algeria.[1]

Career

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Descaves served during World War II.[2] During the Algerian War, he served in the Organisation armée secrète.[2][3]

He joined the National Front in 1983.[4] He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1986 to 1988, representing Oise.[1][2] He ran unsuccessfully to become the Mayor of Noyon in 1995, by a small margin.[2][3] Nevertheless, he served on its city council from 1989 to 2001.[2]

In 2009, he left the National Front and joined the Party of France, founded by Carl Lang.[3]

He wrote five books.

Death

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He died at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 7 May 2014 at the age of eighty-nine.[3]

Bibliography

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  • La Guerre des immondes (Paris: Editions Godefroy de Bouillon, 2002).
  • Des rêves suffisamment grands (prefaced by Jean-Claude Martinez, Paris: Déterna, 2005).
  • La Salsa des cloportes (prefaced by Bruno Gollnisch, Paris: Déterna, 2006).
  • Une autre histoire de l'OAS : Topologie d'une désinformation (La Chaussée-d'Ivry: Atelier Fol'Fer, 2008).
  • Interdit aux chiens d'aboyer ! (La Chaussée-d'Ivry: Atelier Fol'fer, 2011).

References

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  1. ^ a b National Assembly: Pierre Descaves
  2. ^ a b c d e Disparition de Pierre Descaves, ancien leader du FN en Picardie, Le Parisien, May 9, 2014
  3. ^ a b c d Stéphane Le Barber, NOYON (60) L’héritage ambigu de Pierre Descaves, Courrier Picard, May 12, 2014
  4. ^ Roland Gaucher, La Montée du Front 1983-1997, Paris: Editions Jean Picollec, 1997, p. 34