Marcel-Edmond Naegelen (17 January 1892,

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– 15 April 1978,

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) was a French politician. He represented the

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(SFIO) in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1945, in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1946 and in the

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from 1946 to 1958. He was Minister of National Education from 1946 to 1948 and Governor General of

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from 1948 to 1951. He accepted and justified the massive electoral fraud in favour of candidates favourable to the French administration in the elections of 1948 and 1951 to the second electoral college of the Algerian Assembly of French Algeria.Bernard Droz, ''Naegelen, Marcel-Edmond (1892-1978)'', in ''L'Algérie et la France'', Robert Laffont 2009, , p 629 (and p 66, article ''Assemblée algérienne'' by the same author) In the

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that went thirteen rounds, he led in the first, second and eleventh rounds before ultimately losing to

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Naegelen, Marcel-Edmond 1892 births 1978 deaths Politicians from Belfort French Section of the Workers' International politicians Ministers of national education of France Members of the Provisional Consultative Assembly 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 Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Members of Parliament for Bas-Rhin Members of Parliament for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Governors general of Algeria French general councillors French military personnel of World War I French Resistance members French people of the First Indochina War French people of the Algerian War