Émile Roche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French economist, politician and journalist
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Place of Birth: Estaires, Hauts-de-France, France
About Émile Roche
- Émile Roche (Estaires, 24 September 1893 – 1990), was a French economist, radical politician and journalist. He was born the son of a grocer, who entered politics after the First World War.
- He was best known as a supporter of the politician Joseph Caillaux from 1927 during the 1930s through the newspaper he founded La République.
- Under the German Occupation, Émile Roche wrote for the collaborationist newspaper Les Nouveaux Temps where he criticised the parties of the 1930s and supported the single party.
- After the Liberation he intervened on behalf of the former German ambassador to Vichy, Otto Abetz in 1950.
- From 1954 to 1974 he was the Président of the French Conseil économique.
- He was also well known as a distinguished collector of art.
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