Paul Bacon (politician)
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Paul Bacon | |
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National Assembly of France | |
In office 1945–1958 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 1 November 1907
Died | 6 December 1999 Gimont, France | (aged 92)
Political party | MRP |
Paul Bacon (1 November 1907 – 6 December 1999) was a French politician.[1]
Biography
Bacon was born in Paris. During World War II, he was active in the French Resistance. He was a member of Georges Bidault's National Liberation Movement, and distributed a manifesto about trade unionism in December 1940. Bacon was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943.
After the war, Bacon continued his political career. A member of the Christian Democratic
He was Minister of Labour in De Gaulle, Debré and Pompidou governments from 1958 to 1962. With the other MRP ministers, he resigned in protest after De Gaulle's press conference about European integration in May 1962. He sat in the Economic and Social Council from 1962 to 1964. Bacon was also a municipal councillor at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
A trade unionist and an adept of social harmony, Paul Bacon was one of the major figures who built French social security and was the father of the Interprofessional Guaranteed Minimum Wage (salaire minimum interprofessionnel garanti, or SMIG).
Books
Bacon wrote several books:
- La Naissance de la classe ouvrière
- Vers la réforme de l'entreprise capitaliste
- Vers la démocratie économique et sociale