Marcel Rigout (10 May 1928 – 23 August 2014) was a French

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. He served as Minister of Vocational Training from 1981 to 1984, under former President François Mitterrand.Maxwell Adereth, ''The French Communist party: a critical history (1920–1984), from Comintern to "the colours of France"'', Manchester University Press ND, 1984, p. 26

/ref>Laird Boswell, ''Rural communism in France, 1920–1939'', Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1998, p. 3

/ref>David Scott Bell, ''François Mitterrand: a political biography'', Polity, 2005, p.9

/ref> From an early age, he was a member of the

French Communist Party The French Communist Party (french: Parti communiste français, ''PCF'' ; ) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism. The PCF is a member of the Party of the European Left, and its MEPs sit in the European Un ...

.Moya Longstaffe, ''Heroism and passion in literature: studies in honour of Moya Longstaffe'', Rodopi, 2004, p.26

/ref>''Communisme 87 - Regards Sur Le Communisme Britanique'', L'age d'homme, p.19

/ref>Joseph P. Morray, ''Grand disillusion: François Mitterrand and the French left'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p. 12

/ref> To improve vocational skills, while serving as a government minister, Rigout helped to set up some 800 centres called either PAIO or missions locales between 1982 and 1984 where youngsters were provided with vocational guidance.

Bibliography

*''L'autre chance'' (1983)

References

1928 births 2014 deaths Government ministers of France French Communist Party politicians {{France-politician-PCF-stub