Marcel Barbu
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Marcel Barbu (October 17, 1907 – November 7, 1984) was a French politician.
Background and earlier life
Born in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Barbu was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp during the Second World War. Barbu won election in 1945 in the Drôme for a small left-wing party.
French presidential candidate
In the 1965 French presidential election he ran as an independent candidate and obtained 1.15% of the votes. Barbu claimed to have been mistreated by the press and establishment, and wept at the end of one of his speeches. He is remembered as the candidate of the chiens battus or beaten dogs.{{cite news |last1=de la Baume |first1=Maia |title=In a Political Ritual, Candidates Tour France in a Race for 500 Signatures |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/world/europe/in-political-rite-french-hopefuls-seek-500-backers.html |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 2012}}
Barbu is remembered as one of a number of widely diverse candidates — from both left and right — who stood against de Gaulle in 1965.
Death
He died in 1984.
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See also
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Category:Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945)
Category:Members of Parliament for Drôme
Category:Candidates in the 1965 French presidential election
Category:French Resistance members
Category:Buchenwald concentration camp survivors
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