Jean-Fernand Audeguil (5 January 1887 – 23 November 1956) was a French professor, a member of the resistance and a politician.

Early life and education

Born in Monclar in the department of

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and later taught in

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Political career

He joined the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and was elected to the town council in

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in 1935. He stood as an SFIO candidate in the 1936 elections to Chamber of Deputies and was elected to represent Bordeaux. In July 1940, Audeguil was on the 80 members of the French assembly who voted against granting special powers to Marshal

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. As a consequence, he was dismissed from his teaching post by Pétain's

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. In 1941 he joined the Libération-Nord movement of the

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and was a member of the ''Comité d'action socialiste'', the clandestine form of the then-banned SFIO. Following the defeat of

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forces in France following the Allied landings in

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and

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, Bordeaux was liberated by the

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and Audeguil was appointed by the Provisional Government of the French Republic to act as mayor of the city. He was also appointed to represent Bordeaux in the

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, the replacement for the old Chamber of Deputies. He was confirmed in both posts by elections in 1944 and 1945 French legislative election, 1945 respectively. His election as mayor was the first where women have the Women's suffrage#France, right of vote in Bordeaux. Audeguil was defeated in the 1947 mayoral election in Bordeaux by Gaullist Jacques Chaban-Delmas. He continued to represent Bordeaux in the National Assembly until 1951 when he gave up his seat due to ill health. He retired from politics in January 1956 and died later that year in Bordeaux.

References

*Jean Maitron (ed.), ''Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français'', éditions de l'Atelier, 1997 {{DEFAULTSORT:Audeguil, Jean-Fernand 1887 births 1956 deaths People from Lot-et-Garonne Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine French Section of the Workers' International politicians Members of the 16th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945) Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1946) Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Mayors of Bordeaux The Vichy 80 French Resistance members