Pierre Descaves
{{short description|French politician}}
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| birth_place = Khenchela, French Algeria
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| death_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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| nationality = French
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Pierre Descaves (1 October 1924 – 7 May 2014) was a French politician.
Early life
Pierre Descaves was born on 1 October 1924 in Khenchela, French Algeria.{{Cite web |title=Pierre Descaves - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale |url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/%28num_dept%29/2419 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr}}
Career
Descaves served during World War II.[http://www.leparisien.fr/oise-60/disparition-de-pierre-descaves-ancien-leader-du-fn-en-picardie-09-05-2014-3827997.php Disparition de Pierre Descaves, ancien leader du FN en Picardie], Le Parisien, May 9, 2014 During the Algerian War, he served in the Organisation armée secrète.Stéphane Le Barber, [http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/noyon-60-l-heritage-ambigu-de-pierre-descaves-ia192b0n363983 NOYON (60) L’héritage ambigu de Pierre Descaves], Courrier Picard, May 12, 2014
He joined the National Front in 1983.Roland Gaucher, La Montée du Front 1983-1997, Paris: Editions Jean Picollec, 1997, p. 34 He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1986 to 1988, representing Oise. He ran unsuccessfully to become the Mayor of Noyon in 1995, by a small margin. Nevertheless, he served on its city council from 1989 to 2001.
In 2009, he left the National Front and joined the Party of France, founded by Carl Lang.
He wrote five books.
Death
He died at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 7 May 2014 at the age of eighty-nine.
Bibliography
- 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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Category:People from Khenchela
Category:People of French Algeria
Category:National Rally politicians
Category:Party of France politicians
Category:Deputies of the 8th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:French non-fiction writers
Category:French military personnel of World War II
Category:Members of the Organisation armée secrète
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