René Toribio (born 10 December 1912 in Lamentin, Guadeloupe; died 27 July 1990 in the same town) was a French politician and was a member of the French Senate representing Guadeloupe from 1959 to 1968.
Before WWII he was a teacher and a headmaster. Active in the French Resistance, he was elected as mayor of his home town Lamentin in 1945. Two years later, as Guadeloupe had become a French department in 1946, he was also elected as the first conseiller général of the Lamantin Canton. He became a member of the French Section of the Workers' International in 1949 and rapidly emerged as one of its local leaders. He was elected its federal secretary for Guadeloupe until 1958.
He then presided in 1953-1956 the General Council of Guadeloupe. One year after an unsuccessful candidacy at the 1958 legislative election, he was elected in 1959 as a senator, thus holding three mandates simultaneously.[1]
In five years time he lost his mandates of conseiller général (1967), of senator (1968), of mayor (1971), then quit his party in 1972 to form the Guadeloupean Socialist Party, a splinter of the French Socialist Party in reaction against the Programme commun signed by the PS with the French Communist Party.[note 2] Under this new political label, he took part to the 1973 legislative election, but failed to be elected. He supported in 1974 the presidential candidacy of François Mitterrand, but never again joined the PS.[1]
In 1989, he succeeded to regain his mayorship in Lamentin, but deceased the next year and was succeeded by his son José Toribio, who also became the new PSG's president.[1]
rené, toribio, born, december, 1912, lamentin, guadeloupe, died, july, 1990, same, town, french, politician, member, french, senate, representing, guadeloupe, from, 1959, 1968, rené, toribosenatorin, office, april, 1959, october, 1968constituencyguadeloupemayo. Rene Toribio born 10 December 1912 in Lamentin Guadeloupe died 27 July 1990 in the same town was a French politician and was a member of the French Senate representing Guadeloupe from 1959 to 1968 Rene ToriboSenatorIn office 26 April 1959 1 October 1968ConstituencyGuadeloupeMayor of LamentinIn office 1989 1990Preceded byGeorges Dagonia PS Succeeded byJose Toribio note 1 Mayor of LamentinIn office 1945 1971Succeeded byGeorges Dagonia SFIO then PS conseiller general of Lamantin CantonIn office 1947 1967Succeeded byGeorges Dagonia FGDS then PS Personal detailsBorn 1912 12 10 10 December 1912Lamentin GuadeloupeDied27 July 1990 1990 07 27 aged 77 NationalityFrenchPolitical partySFIO 1945 1969 PS 1969 1972 PSG 1972 1990ProfessionheadmasterBiography EditBefore WWII he was a teacher and a headmaster Active in the French Resistance he was elected as mayor of his home town Lamentin in 1945 Two years later as Guadeloupe had become a French department in 1946 he was also elected as the first conseiller general of the Lamantin Canton He became a member of the French Section of the Workers International in 1949 and rapidly emerged as one of its local leaders He was elected its federal secretary for Guadeloupe until 1958 He then presided in 1953 1956 the General Council of Guadeloupe One year after an unsuccessful candidacy at the 1958 legislative election he was elected in 1959 as a senator thus holding three mandates simultaneously 1 In five years time he lost his mandates of conseiller general 1967 of senator 1968 of mayor 1971 then quit his party in 1972 to form the Guadeloupean Socialist Party a splinter of the French Socialist Party in reaction against the Programme commun signed by the PS with the French Communist Party note 2 Under this new political label he took part to the 1973 legislative election but failed to be elected He supported in 1974 the presidential candidacy of Francois Mitterrand but never again joined the PS 1 In 1989 he succeeded to regain his mayorship in Lamentin but deceased the next year and was succeeded by his son Jose Toribio who also became the new PSG s president 1 Notes Edit his son Other former SFIO office holders acted similarly in Metropolitan France at the same time and founded in 1973 the Social Democratic Party PSD References Edit a b c Rene Toribio Website of the French Senate This article about a Guadeloupe politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rene Toribio amp oldid 1073015733, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
