Claude Estier

Claude Estier (born 8 June 1925)^[1] is a French politician and journalist. He was Senator of Paris from 1986 to 2004 and was President of the Socialist group in the Senate from 1988 to 2004.

Biography

Early life

Estier's father was a supporter of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO). Because of this he grew up in a socialist culture throughout adolescence. His professors included Robert Verdier and Maurice Merleau.

Resistance

He participated in the resistance in 1942, engaging in the carriage of arms and newspapers in Lyon until 1944. Responsible for reports of listening to Radio London and Radio Algiers, he ended the war in the French Forces of the Interior. In 1945, he then became a member of the SFIO. There is an article on Jules Moch, published in the Battle socialist at the end of 1947 but he is excluded. He campaigned in 1948, for the Unitary Socialist Party^[2] where he met, among others, Gilles Martinet and Stibbe.

Political career

Later he joined the original core of Nouvel Observateur. It played an important role in his political service, while retaining his position in Progress Lyon and conducting rods to Libération. Being in the nonconformist movement, he was close to the cartel of independent action of the left, like many writers of the OBS. A supporter of the Algerian cause, he established ties with the Algerian nationalists such as Ferhat Abbas.

The crisis of May 1958, represents a major shift in his political itinerary. Anti-Gaullism lead him to leave Le Monde for which he worked since 1955. In June, 1958, it appears that the only political service writers (Raymond Barrillon, Mamy George, Alain Guichard) to go after his opposition to the waiting position adopted by Hubert Beuve-Mery were facing the new government. He then began a rapprochement with François Mitterrand and became editor of Liberation (1958) and continued to work in Nouvel Obs.

By the end of 1964, the daily Libération disappeared.

National Assembly

Elected in the legislative election of 1967 against Alexandre Sanguinetti, he ceased to be involved in journalism. He lost his seat the following year.

He was elected again in 1981 and became chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly from 1983 to 1986. Meanwhile, from 1981 to 1988, he participated in the show, Friday Night, on France Inter with Jean d'Ormesson, Pierre Charpy and Roland Leroy.

By decree of the Official Journal of 11 September 1983, he lost his birth name Claude Hasday Ezratty.

Senate

In 1986, he entered the Senate in 1988 and became President of the Socialist Group until his retirement in October 2004.

Post-Senate career

After, he returned to literature by publishing two new books in the Cherche-Midi.

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