maurice thorez

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He joined the French Communist Party 1920 and was arrested several times for agitation. After becoming local party secretary (1923), he rose to secretary-general of the party (1930). He served in the Chamber of Deputies (1932-39, 1945-60) and helped form the Popular Front government in 1936. He lived in the Soviet Union (1943-44), then returned to France and served as a minister of state (1945) and deputy premier (1946, 1947). He remained a dedicated Stalinist even after Nikita Khrushchev denounced Joseph Stalin in 1956
born April 28, 1900, Noyelles-Godault, France died July 11, 1964, at sea en route to Yalta French communist politician. He began working as a coal miner at age
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