Marcel Cachin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marcel Cachin

French politician

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1869

Place of Birth: Paimpol, Brittany, France

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1958

Profession: politician, university teacher, publisher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Marcel Cachin

  • Marcel Cachin (20 September 1869 – 12 February 1958) was a French politician. In 1891, Cachin joined Jules Guesde French Workers' Party (POF).
  • In 1905, he joined the new French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and won election to the Chamber of Deputies representing the Seine in 1914.
  • He rallied the Union sacrĂ©e during the First World War and was sent to Russia in a mission in 1917.
  • On that occasion he strongly supported Kerensky's Provisional Government, which was pledged to continue Russia's participation in World War I, and denounced Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
  • In 1918, he was one of the speakers at a patriotic rally held at Strasbourg, to celebrate the city's return to French rule. However, following the end of the war, there was a leftward shift among Cachin's grassroots supporters and a growing sympathy for the October revolution.
  • In 1920 at the Tours Congress, Cachin became one of the founders of the French Communist Party (SFIC) and joined the Third International.
  • In 1923, he was jailed for denouncing the French occupation of the Ruhr and Morocco.
  • As a strong supporter of the pro-Soviet Communist Party, he refused to disavow the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and was removed from elected office in 1940.
  • After the Liberation of France, he returned to the National Assembly until his death in 1958. He was the editor of the newspaper L'HumanitĂ© from 1918 to 1958.At the age of 88, he was the first foreigner to receive the Order of Lenin.
  • In the later part of his life, he was nicknamed "Grandfather of the Communist Party". His granddaughter, Françoise Cachin, was an art historian.

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