Pierre Renaudel | |
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| Born | 19 December 1871 |
| Died | 1 April 1935 (aged 63) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Political party | French Section of the Workers' International Socialist Party of France - Jean Jaurès Union |
Pierre Renaudel (19 December 1871 – 1 April 1935) was aFrenchsocialist politician and journalist.[1]
He served as central committee member of theLeague of Human Rights (Ligue des droits de l'homme, LDH), was a founder andmajoritaire of theSocialist Party of France (PSdF).[2] He urged the party to work with the Radicals and wanted the party to build coalition cabinets as he felt the alternative, would be instability and reaction.[3] Renaudel was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and a national leader of theFrench Section of the Workers' International (Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière, SFIO). He was editor of the daily newspaperL'Humanité; and was the founder and political editor of the socialist weekly publication,La Vie Socialiste.[4] He was characterized as a right-wing parliamentary leader of the Socialists in theVar.[5]
Renaudel was an editor ofL'Humanité from 1914 through the end ofWorld War I. It was said that, "his editorials ofL'Humanité were frequently to be noticed for their good sense and their true democratic and Socialist tone".[6] He became a reformist socialist spokesman, opposed to all forms of violence andMarxist ideology, which he said was absurdly rigid. Elected to theChamber of Deputies of France in 1914, representing Var, he was defeated in 1919, but regained his seat in 1924, and was reelected in 1928 and again in 1932. He became a supporter of Socialist involvement in radical government leadership. In 1933, along withMarcel Déat andAdrien Marquet, he founded the PSdF, but after having disagreements with them, he resigned from the presidency of PSdF's parliamentary group. He was a member of the Central Committee of the League of Human Rights. A delegate at the 1916International Socialist Commission Berne Conference, he was refused permission to attend theThird International.[1]
