Pierre Pujo | |
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| Born | Pierre Maurice Alexis Adrien Pujo |
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Pierre Pujo, born on November 19, 1929, inBoulogne-Billancourt and died on November 10, 2007, inParis's 14th arrondissement,[1] was ajournalist,essayist,media proprietor,politician, andactivist with aroyalist background inFrance.
He was the son ofMaurice Pujo (co-founder of theRevue d'Action française alongsideCharles Maurras in 1899) and Élisabeth Bernard.[2]
During the Occupation, Pujo attended the Jesuit college inLyon, and after theLiberation, he transferred to theCollège Stanislas in Paris. At the age of 15, he began his activism with theAction française. Later, he joined theInstitut d'études politiques de Paris, where he was a classmate ofJacques Chirac.[3]
After earning a law degree and a degree in literature, Pujo trained at the Institut technique de banque (ITB) and embarked on a banking career, working for eleven years atCrédit Lyonnais.[4]
From 1962 to 1966, he directed the student journal of theRestauration nationale,AF Université, and later the weeklyAspects de la France, which becameL'Action française hebdo in 1992. His editorials, titled "Lessons in French Politics," appeared regularly in the publication.
Pujo served as the president of the Action française's steering committee and as the director of the biweekly royalist,nationalist, andsovereigntist journalL'Action française 2000 (formerlyL'Action française hebdo), which was affiliated with theCentre royaliste d'Action française. He authored several works chronicling the history of theAction française movement, co-founded by his father, Maurice Pujo, alongsideHenri Vaugeois andCharles Maurras. A firm believer in the royalist tradition originating with the Capetians, he supported the legitimacy of the House of Orléans.
Occasionally, Pujo wrote under the pseudonym "Jacques Cépoy",[5] particularly when penning editorials forL'Action française 2000.
Key moments in his career included opposition toAlgerian independence and his successful efforts to retain theisland of Mayotte within the French national community in 1976.[6] Later, he critically observed the rise of theNational Front.
In 2002, Pujo endorsedJean-Pierre Chevènement in the first round of the presidential election, attracted by Chevènement’s traditional and patriotic approach to politics.[7] In 2007, he supportedJean-Marie Le Pen due to Le Pen’s opposition to theLisbon Treaty,[8] though he expressed reservations about Le Pen, particularly regarding the commemoration of theBattle of Valmy by the National Front in September 2006.[9]
He had a sister, Marielle Pujo.
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