Adrien Pressemane (; 31 January 1879 – 26 January 1929) was a French politician and journalist. He was the chief editor of ''Le Populaire du Centre''.

Work

Pressemane worked as a porcelain painter in

Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (; , , alternatively ''Sent Liunard de Noblac''), often simply referred to as Saint-Léonard, is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France, on a hill above the river ...

before serving in Parliament for the local district. A general councillor of

Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; , ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture an ...

, elected in the canton of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (1905–1928), the mayor of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (1919–1929), as well as a member of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...

(1914–1924), he was the leader of a pacifist trend during World War I. A Guesdist, he worked with Guesde in the French Workers' Party (''Parti Ouvrier Français'', POF). He teamed up with Léon Betoulle on issues related to the success of

French Section of the Workers' International The French Section of the Workers' International (, SFIO) was a major socialist political party in France which was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the present Socialist Party. The SFIO was founded in 1905 as the French representativ ...

(''Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière'', SFIO). He tried to avoid the collapse of the SFIO at the 1920 Tours Congress, but the aftermath was the creation of the

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. His speech at the

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of 1920 demonstrated his lack of commonality with the

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References

External links

Parti socialiste S. F. I. O.: Inauguration du monument Adrien Pressemane, député de la Haute Vienne (1937)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pressemane, Adrien French Section of the Workers' International politicians French editors French male writers 1879 births 1929 deaths