39 Facts About Arthur Ramette

Arthur Jean Baptiste Ramette was a French mechanic and communist politician.

Arthur Ramette was a leading representative of the French Communist Party in the National Assembly both before and after World War II.

Arthur Ramette was born in Caudry, Nord, on 12 October 1897.

Arthur Ramette obtained an elementary education certificate, then in 1909 was apprenticed as a mechanic at the age of 12.

Arthur Ramette was a militant socialist, and was appointed secretary of the metalworkers union of Cambrai.

Arthur Ramette joined the Caudry branch of the French Section of the Workers' International in 1919, and became a member of the Third International Committee.

Arthur Ramette was made secretary of the Caudry branch of the PCF from 1922 to 1924.

Arthur Ramette ran in the national elections of 1924 as deputy for the Nord department, but was narrowly defeated.

Arthur Ramette was PCF secretary of the Caudry radius from 1924 to 1926, when he became PCF secretary for the Nord region.

Arthur Ramette became the editor of the weekly L'Enchaine, holding this position until 1939.

Arthur Ramette ran as PCF candidate in the Lens municipal elections in 1928.

Arthur Ramette was imprisoned for a month after a demonstration on 1 May 1929.

Arthur Ramette joined the Central Committee of the PCF in 1931, and was made the director of the Nord region.

Arthur Ramette was appointed to the Politburo in 1932, where he remained until 1950.

Arthur Ramette ran unsuccessfully for a Senate seat in Nord in October 1932.

Arthur Ramette was again elected deputy for Nord on the communist platform in 1936.

Arthur Ramette visited Moscow that year, arriving at the end of May 1936.

Arthur Ramette met with Georgi Dimitrov, Dmitry Manuilsky, Boris Stepanov, Palmiro Togliatti, Andre Marty and Raymond Guyot, and discussed the importance of the peace movement in France.

Arthur Ramette introduced fifteen bills and more than twenty reports, and made frequent interventions.

Arthur Ramette was an internationalist, and spoke out for the rights of foreign workers.

Arthur Ramette became a member of the general council of Douai in 1937.

Arthur Ramette drove the car that took Thorez to Belgium, from where both men made their way to Moscow.

On 4 April 1940 Arthur Ramette was found guilt of contempt of the decree that dissolved the PCF and sentenced in absentia to five years in prison and a 5,000 franc fine.

Arthur Ramette resumed leadership of the Federation du Nord until 1949.

Arthur Ramette provided political direction to the communist daily Liberte, published in Lille, then became general director of the newspaper until 1956.

Arthur Ramette was a member of the General Councils of Douai and the Nord department from 1945 to 1955.

Arthur Ramette was a member of the Provisional Consultative Assembly, and in October 1945 was elected to the first Constituent Assembly.

Arthur Ramette became secretary of the communist group chaired by Jacques Duclos.

Arthur Ramette was elected municipal councilor of Lille in 1947, holding this position until 1965.

Arthur Ramette was secretary of the National Assembly from 1949 to 1950.

Arthur Ramette failed to be reelected to the National Assembly in July 1951.

Arthur Ramette was elected Senator for the Nord department on 18 May 1952.

Arthur Ramette held office until 1 March 1956, when he resigned on being elected a deputy.

Arthur Ramette was a deputy for Nord from 1956 to 1958.

Arthur Ramette was again elected to the National Assembly on 25 November 1962, holding office until the legislature was dissolved on 2 April 1967.

Arthur Ramette was reelected on 12 March 1967, holding office until the legislature was dissolved on 30 April 1968.

Arthur Ramette was reelected on 30 June 1968, holding office until the end of the legislature on 1 April 1973.

Arthur Ramette was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1983.

Arthur Ramette died in Seclin, Nord, on 15 December 1988, aged 91.