11 Facts About Henri Guernut

Henri Guernut was a French politician born on 2 November 1876 in Lavaqueresse in the Aisne and died 28 May 1943 in Paris.

Henri Guernut was then granted a scholarship to continue at the high school of Laon and then of Lille.

Henri Guernut was then accepted at the prestigious Lycee Louis-le-Grand.

Henri Guernut finally went to Sorbonne and obtained a degree in law.

Henri Guernut published some articles in The La Revue socialis and got involved in Dreyfus affair.

Henri Guernut joined the French League for the Defense of Human and Citizen's Rights which had just been founded and was later called the Human Rights League.

Henri Guernut remained general secretary of the League of Human Rights from 1912 to 1932.

Henri Guernut finally left his responsibilities of directing the League of Human Rights.

Henri Guernut became Minister of National Education from 24 January to 4 June 1936 in the government of Albert Sarraut but the victory of the Popular Front led to his departure.

Henri Guernut then returned to the League of Human Rights and attacked the "Stalinist tyranny" while it not have a very clear position on the issue and did not denounce the Moscow Trials.

Henri Guernut continued writing his columns in his newspaper La Tribune de l'Aisne, but suspended this activity in 1940.