Maurice Colrat de Montrozier (September 29, 1871 – March 5, 1954) was a French politician and founder of Democratic Republic Union.[1]
Early life
Colrat completed his secondary education at Rodez High School. He completed his undergraduate degree at Jesuit college at Rue de Vaugirard.
Career
Maurice began his career as a secretary in Raymond Poincare's law office. He later did election work for the progressists, Poincare and Eugene Motte.[2]
Colrat was the director of Democratic Republican Union in 1899 and Middle Class Association in 1909. In 1910, he became the director of the newspaper L'Opinion. During the first world war Colrat served at Central Staff while continuing to direct L'Opinion.[3]
After his electoral defeat in 1928, he resumed his job as a journalist at L'Opinion and many other magazines. He died on March 4, 1954, in his Paris apartment on Avenue Bugeaud.
References
- ↑ "Maurice Colrat (1871-1954) - Author - Resources from the BnF". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ↑ The Politics Of Resentment: Shopkeeper Protest In Nineteenth-century Paris. Transaction Publishers. p. 475. ISBN 9781412838436.
- ↑ The French right between the wars : political and intellectual movements from conservatism to fascism. Kalman, Samuel, 1971-, Kennedy, Sean, 1969-. New York. January 2014. p. 33. ISBN 9781782382416. OCLC 843862180.
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