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Daniel Mayer

Daniel Raphaël Mayer was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme from 1958 to 1975. He founded the Comité d'Action Socialiste in 1941 and was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistant Socialist group. Mayer also supported the Libération-sud resistance movement headed by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie.

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Daniel Raphaël Mayer
President of the Constitutional Council of France
In office
4 March 1983 – 4 March 1986
Appointed byFrançois Mitterrand
Preceded byRoger Frey
Succeeded byRobert Badinter
Personal details
Born(1909-04-29)29 April 1909
Paris, France
Died29 December 1996(1996-12-29) (aged 87)
Orsay, Île-de-France, France
OccupationPolitician

Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 19091 – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975.2 He founded the Comité d'Action Socialiste in 19413 and was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistant Socialist group.45 Mayer also supported the Libération-sud resistance movement headed by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie.

He was also President of Constitutional Council from 1983 to 1986,6 and Minister of Labour from 1946 to 1949.7 Mayer was a Member of Parliament for the Seine from 1945 to 1958.8

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  1. "MAYER Daniel, Raphaël". Le Maitron (in French). 13 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  2. Bridgford, Jeff (1995). "Mayer, Daniel Raphaël (1909–)". In A. T. Lane (ed.). Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders. Vol. 2. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 632–3. ISBN 978-0-313-29900-1.
  3. Simkin, John. "Daniel William Mayer". Biography. Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  4. Broche, François; Caïtucoli, Georges; Muracciole, Jean-François (2007). La France au combat: de l'appel du 18 juin à la victoire (in French). Perrin. p. 106. ISBN 978-2-240-02546-3. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  5. Andrieu, Suzanne (1998). Lot-et-Garonne au XXe siècle (in French). Amis du vieux Nérac. p. 199. ISBN 978-2-913055-00-1. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  6. "Musée de la résistance en ligne". museedelaresistanceenligne.org. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  7. Robert, Badinter. "Daniel Mayer". FranceArchives (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  8. "Daniel Mayer - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 31 December 2024.