| Adrien Pressemane | |
|---|---|
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Haute-Vienne | |
| In office 1 June 1914 – 31 May 1924 | |
| Mayor of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat | |
| In office 1919–1929 | |
| Preceded by | Aristide Constant |
| Succeeded by | Louis Valadas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1879 Limoges, France |
| Died | 26 January 1929(1929-01-26) (aged 49) Limoges, France |
| Political party | French Section of the Workers' International |
Adrien Pressemane (French pronunciation: [adʁiɛ̃ pʁɛsman]; 31 January 1879 – 26 January 1929) was a French politician and journalist. He was the chief editor of Le Populaire du Centre.
Work
Pressemane worked as a porcelain painter in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat before serving in Parliament for the local district. A general councillor of Haute-Vienne, elected in the canton of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (1905–1928), the mayor of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (1919–1929), as well as a member of the Chamber of Deputies (1914–1924), he was the leader of a pacifist trend during World War I.
A Guesdist, he worked with Guesde in the French Workers' Party (Parti Ouvrier Français, POF). He teamed up with Léon Betoulle on issues related to the success of French Section of the Workers' International (Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière, SFIO). He tried to avoid the collapse of the SFIO at the 1920 Tours Congress, but the aftermath was the creation of the French Communist Party. His speech at the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern of 1920 demonstrated his lack of commonality with the Third International.
References
- Braunthal, Julius (1967). History of the International. Praeger. p. 54. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- Amdur, Kathryn Ellen (1986). Syndicalist legacy: trade unions and politics in two French cities in the era of World War I. University of Illinois Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-252-01238-9. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- Graham, B. D. (20 April 2006). Choice and Democratic Order: The French Socialist Party, 1937-1950. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-0-521-02566-9. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- Boswell, Laird (1998). Rural Communism in France, 1920-1939. Cornell University Press. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-0-8014-3421-1. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- Robert Wohl (1 June 1966). French Communism in the Making, 1914-1924. Stanford University Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8047-0177-8. Retrieved 4 May 2012.