Paul Béchard (25 December 1899,

Alès Alès () is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania Regions of France, region in Southern France. Until 1926, i ...

– 26 April 1982) was a French politician. He represented the

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 ...

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

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from 1946 to 1948, from 1951 to 1955 and from 1958 to 1967 and in the

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from 1955 to 1958. From January 27, 1948 to May 24, 1951 he was

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. He was the

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of Alès from 1947 to 1948 and from 1953 to 1965.

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1899 births 1982 deaths People from Alès French Section of the Workers' International politicians Government ministers of France Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945) Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic French senators of the Fourth Republic Senators of Gard Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Gard Governors of French West Africa Mayors of places in Occitania (administrative region) French Army officers École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni French military personnel of World War I French military personnel of World War II French Resistance members {{France-mayor-stub