Gaston Defferre (September 14, 1910 - May 7, 1986, Marseille) was a French socialist politician. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City flag Coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Département Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Intercommunality Urban Community of... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ...

Lawyer, member of the Socialist party SFIO (French Section of the Workers' International), he led a Resistance Socialist group during World War II. A long-standing member of parliament (1945-1958, 1962-1986), he served also for many years as mayor of Marseille (1944-1945, 1953-1986). He was considered like the "boss" of the Socialists in the South-East. Sfio, or Safe/Fast I/O, is an I/O library developed by AT&T Research, with several improvements over the ANSI C stdio library. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... City flag Coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Département Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Intercommunality Urban Community of...

He was Merchant Marine Minister (1950-1952) then Overseas Minister (1956-1957). He prepared the end of the French colonialism in Africa.

In his region, he faced with an important Communist party and conflicted with it. That's why, he was allied with the non-Gaullist center-right. In the same way, he advocated a national alliance between the SFIO and the Chritian Democratic party MRP (Popular Republican Movement). Before the 1965 presidential election, L'Express did the identikit of the best center-left candidate under the name of "Mister X". It corresponded with Defferre's profile. But, failing to create a SFIO-MRP-Radical Party federation, he renounced. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The initialism MRP or M.R.P. can stand for many things: Material requirements planning or Material resource planning and Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) Maximum retail price Manufacturers recommended price Machine readable passport Magnum rifle powder Lewis Machine & Tool Monolithic Rail Platform Major Research Paper Malware Removal and... Second Round First Round See also President of France France Politics of France Categories: | | ... LExpress is Frances first weekly news magazine. ... A number of political organizations have called themselves the Radical Party, or have Radical as part of their name. ...

However, he was the Socialist candidate in 1969 for the French Presidency, with the support of ex-Prime-Minister Pierre Mendès-France, who would have been Prime Minister again had Defferre been elected. But he was soundly defeated, scoring only 5% of the vote, the lowest score for a French socialist candidate ever. The failure of Defferre prompted the birth of the new Socialist Party and scraped the project of alliance with the center-right. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Second Round First Round See also President of France France Politics of France Categories: | | ... Pierre Mendès France Pierre Mendès France (Paris, 11 January 1907 - 18 October 1982), French politician, was born in Paris, into a family of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish origin. ... The emblem of the French Socialist Party The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ...

Main opponent of Guy Mollet in the party, he helped François Mitterrand to take the lead during the Epinay Congress (1971), in spite of his strategy of alliance with the Communists. He later served as Mitterrand's Interior Minister from 1981 to 1984, then as Town and Country Planning Minister until 1986. He died in office as Mayor of Marseille. Guy Mollet (31 December 1905 - 3 October 1975), French politician, was born in Flers, in Normandy, the son of a textile worker. ... (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996) was a French politician. ... The Epinay Congress is the third national congress of the French Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS), which took place on 11, 12 and 13 June 1971. ... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ...