| LC control no. | n 98047326 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Monnerville, Gaston |
| Associated country | France French Guiana |
| Birth date | 1897-01-02 |
| Death date | 1991-11-07 |
| Place of birth | Cayenne (French Guiana) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Law Civil service |
| Affiliation | France. Parlement (1946- ). Conseil de la République France. Parlement (1946- ). Sénat France. Conseil constitutionnel Parti républicain radical et radical-socialiste (France) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Public officers Politicians Legislators |
| Found in | LC data base, 05-21-98 (hdg.: Monnerville, Gaston) Témoignage, c1997: t.p. (Gaston Monnerville) p. 11 (b. 1897) Gaston Monnerville, 1999: p. 103 (b. Jan. 2, 1897 in Cayenne, French Guiana; d. Nov. 7, 1991) Bibliothèque nationale de France WWW auth. file, Aug. 25, 2014 (hdg.: Monnerville, Gaston, 1897-1991 ; b.: Jan. 2, 1897 Cayenne ; d.: Nov. 7, 1991 Paris ; French lawyer and politician; Chairman of the Senate (March 1947-October 1968)) Wikipedia, March 20, 2019 (Gaston Monnerville; joined the Radical Party; elected Deputy from French Guiana in 1932; during World War II, as a lawyer in Marseille, unoccupied France, he defended persons arrested or persecuted by the Vichy government; when Germany occupied the rest of France in 1942 he went underground, joining the Maquis of Auvergne; in 1945 he was appointed chairman of a commission to determine the future status of the French colonies, and elected Delegate from French Guiana to the First Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic; defeated for election to the Third Constituent Assembly in 1946, instead named to the Council of the Republic of France (the Senate), elected President of this Council in 1947; in 1948 he changed his residence from Guiana to Lot and was elected Senator there; served as Senator from Lot and President of the Council until the end of the Fourth Republic in 1958; after De Gaulle's formation of the Fifth Republic he resumed his place in the Senate (now called by that name), and was elected President of the Senate in 1959, serving until 1968; member of the Constitutional Council of France 1977-1983) |
| Associated language | fre |
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