Pierre Célor
French politician
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| Intro | French politician | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1902 | |
| Death | 1 January 1957 (aged 55 years) | |
| Politics: | French Communist Party |
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Pierre Célor (1902, Tulle, Corrèze - 1957) was a member of the French Communist Party from 1923, becoming one of the four secretaries of its Central Committee in 1929, beside Maurice Thorez and Henri Barbé. However, he fell into disgrace after the Comintern and in 1942 he joined the Parti populaire français (PPF) of Jacques Doriot. After the Second World War he participated in the anti-Communist review Est&Ouest and became close to traditional Catholics.