Raymond Guyot

Raymond Guyot (November 17, 1903 in Auxerre - April 17, 1986 in Paris) was a French politician, leader of the French Communist Party. He joined the party in 1921, and was elected a member of its Central Committee seven years later. From 1935 to 1943 he was a high-ranking member of the Presidium of the Communist International for Youth and was general secretary of the Executive Committee for a period.[1][2]

He was a member of the Politbureau of the Communist Party of France from 1945 to 1972. He was also deputy to the National Assembly from 1937–40 and 1946–58, and was made a senator in 1959.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Raymond Guyot". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ↑ O'Sullivan, Donal (2010). Dealing with the Devil: Anglo-Soviet Intelligence Cooperation in the Second World War. Peter Lang. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4331-0581-4.
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