Daniel Mayer

Daniel William Mayer
President of the Constitutional Council of France
In office 1983–1986
President	François Mitterrand
Preceded by	Roger Frey
Succeeded by	Robert Badinter
Personal details
Born	(1909-04-29)29 April 1909 Paris, France
Died	29 December 1996(1996-12-29) (aged 87) Orsay, Île-de-France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Politician

Daniel William Mayer (1909–1996) was a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), a socialist party in France, president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975. He founded the Comité d'Action Socialiste in 1941^[1] and was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistant Socialist group. Mayer also supported the Libération-sud resistance movement headed by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie.

Political offices
Preceded by Roger Frey	President of the Constitutional Council 1983–1986	Succeeded by Robert Badinter

French Socialist Party

First Secretaries	Alain Savary (1969–1971) François Mitterrand (1971–1981) Lionel Jospin (1981–1988) Pierre Mauroy (1988–1992) Laurent Fabius (1992–1993) Michel Rocard (1993–1994) Henri Emmanuelli (1994–1995) Lionel Jospin (1995–1997) François Hollande (1997–2008) Martine Aubry (2008–2012) Harlem Désir (2012–2014) Jean-Christophe Cambadélis (2014–)

Prime Ministers	Pierre Mauroy (1981–1984) Laurent Fabius (1984–1986) Michel Rocard (1988–1991) Édith Cresson (1991–1992) Pierre Bérégovoy (1992–1993) Lionel Jospin (1997–2002) Jean-Marc Ayrault (2012–2014) Manuel Valls (2014–)

Presidential candidates	François Mitterrand (1974) François Mitterrand (1981) François Mitterrand (1988) Lionel Jospin (1995) Lionel Jospin (2002) Ségolène Royal (2007) François Hollande (2012)

Presidential primaries	1995 2006 2011

National congresses	Alfortville Congress (May 1969) Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress (July 1969) Epinay Congress (1971) Grenoble Congress (1973) Pau Congress (1975) Nantes Congress (1977) Metz Congress (1979) Créteil Congress (January 1981) Valence Congress (October 1981) Bourg-en-Bresse Congress (1983) Toulouse Congress (1985) Lille Congress (1987) Rennes Congress (1990) Grande Arche Congress (1991) Bordeaux Congress (1992) Bourget Congress (1993) Liévin Congress (1994) Brest Congress (1997) Second Grenoble Congress (2000) Dijon Congress (2003) Le Mans Congress (2005) Reims Congress (2008) Second Toulouse Congress (2012)

Factions	Aubryists Eco-socialists Fabiusians New Socialist Party Royalists Utopia

References

↑ Simkin, John. "Daniel William Mayer". Biography. Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2009-02-19.