Rémy Montagne (French: [ʁemi mɔ̃taɲ]; 9 January 1917 – 10 January 1991) was a French lawyer, politician and media proprietor. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1958 to 1980.
Rémy Montagne | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 January 1917 |
| Died | 10 January 1991 (aged 74) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician, media proprietor |
| Political party | Union for French Democracy |
| Spouse | Geneviève Michelin |
| Children | 7, including Vincent Montagne |
| Relatives | Martial Montagne (brother) François Michelin (brother-in-law) |
Early life
editRémy Montagne was born on 9 January 1917 in Mirabeau.[1] He was a member of the Association catholique de la jeunesse française as a young man.[2] He was an avid reader of Jacques Maritain and became friends with Maurice Blondel, two Catholic philosophers.[2]
During World War II, he was openly opposed to the Nazis.[2] In 1940, at a meeting of young Catholics in Aix-en-Provence, he expressed his intention to fight back against the German invaders, adding that the real battle consisted in resisting against the totalitarianism of the Hitlerian ideology.[2] Six months later, he lost an eye in battle, and his brother Martial was deported to the Dora concentration camp, where he was murdered by the Nazis.[2]
Career
editMontagne started his career as a lawyer shortly after the war, in 1945.[1][2] He founded L’Eure-Éclair, a weekly newspaper, in 1954.[2]
He served as the Union for French Democracy member of the National Assembly for the 3rd district of Eure from 1958 to 1980.[2][3] He was then appointed Secretary of State to the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, where he served for nine months between 1980 and 1981.[2]
In 1985, he founded Ampère, a publishing house.[2] It changed its name to Média-Participations in 1989.[4]
Personal life
editHe married Geneviève Michelin, the sister of automobile heir François Michelin, on 3 May 1945.[2] They had seven children.[2]
Death
editHe died in 1991.[4] His biography, authored by Marie-Joëlle Guillaume, was published in 2010.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b National Assembly
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Maryvonne Gasse, Rémy Montagne, un démocrate-chrétien dans le siècle, Famille chrétienne, September 13, 2010
- ^ a b Audrey Levy, Rémy Montagne, une foi inébranlable, Le Point, December 23, 2010
- ^ a b Marie-Joëlle Guillaume, Rémy Montagne : le rayonnement d'un chrétien engagé, Famille chrétienne, February 3, 2001