1. Jean Pierre Raffin-Dugens was a French politician.
12 Facts About Jean Raffin-Dugens
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Jean Pierre Raffin-Dugens was born on 3 December 1861 in Saint-Pierre-d'Allevard, Isere.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens believed in freethought, and in 1905 attended an international congress of freethought, "the Trocadero", at Voiron in Isere.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens was elected in the second round of voting.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens was very active in defending the principles on which he was elected.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens was involved in issues concerning education, and was strongly and actively opposed to military spending.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens was reelected in 1914 in the second round of voting.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens said he regretted the socialists having voted for war funding, and demanded resumption of contacts between socialists of all countries.
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On 11 November 1918 Jean Raffin-Dugens was the only deputy to vote against a national tribute to the armed forces and to President Georges Clemenceau and Ferdinand Foch.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens insisted that the German people should not be made responsible for the imperialism of their leaders, and called for a German Republic to be established.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens did not take much further part on politics.
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Jean Raffin-Dugens Raffin-Dugins died on 26 March 1946 in Grenoble, Isere.