Bernard-Claude Savy
Quick Facts
Biography
Bernard-Claude Savy (1922–1997) is a French physician, publisher and politician.
Early life
Bernard-Claude Savy was born on September 1, 1922 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris.
Career
Savy was a physician.
Savy also wrote several books about economic freedom. He joined the Rally for the Republic, a center-right political party. He founded Clubs Avenir et Liberté, a center-right political organization, in 1981. The organization held meetings with center-right politicians like Alain Madelin, Charles Pasqua and Alain Juppé, and Jean-Marie Le Pen, the leading of the National Front.
Meanwhile, Savy served as a member of the National Assembly from 1986 to 1988, representing Nièvre. He admitted that he preferred winning with the support of the National Front than losing without it, adding both parties shared similar views.
Savy founded Réformes et Liberté, a political organization headquartered in Paris, in 1994. He served as the Deputy Mayor of Asnières-sur-Seine in 1995. A year later, in 1996, he served as the Secretary General of Environnement et Santé, a non-profit organization which published Profils médico-sociaux and a supplement entitled Environnement et Santé. The journal published articles which praised the Church of Scientology.
Death
He died of cancer on May 28, 1997 in Courbevoie, near Paris.