Jean Garchery

Jean Garchery

Jean Garchery (1 January 1872 in Nolay, Côte-d'Or – 12 February 1957 in Nice) was a French politician. At first he joined the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (POSR), which in 1902 merged into the French Socialist Party (PSF), which in turn merged into the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1905. Garchery joined the French Communist Party (PCF) upon its foundation in 1920 and represented the PCF in the Chamber of Deputies from 1924 to 1928. Having been excluded from the PCF in 1929, he was among the founders of the Workers and Peasants Party (POP), which in 1930 merged into the Proletarian Unity Party (PUP). In 1937 the PUP merged into the SFIO.

Garchery served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1932 to 1940. On 10 July 1940, he voted in favor of granting Marshal Philippe Pétain’s Cabinet the authority to draft a new constitution. This vote effectively marked the end of the French Third Republic and led to the establishment of Vichy France. As a result of his support for this measure, Garchery was excluded from the SFIO in November 1944, alongside other members who had supported the Vichy regime. In 1945, he joined the newly formed Democratic Socialist Party (PSD).