Daniel Mayer

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::summary French politician (1909–1996) ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Officeholder"]

Field	Value
name	Daniel Raphaël Mayer
image	Daniel Mayer.jpg
office	President of the Constitutional Council of France
term_start	4 March 1983
term_end	4 March 1986
appointer	François Mitterrand
predecessor	Roger Frey
successor	Robert Badinter
birth_date
birth_place	Paris, France
death_date
death_place	Orsay, Île-de-France, France
nationality	French
occupation	Politician
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| name = Daniel Raphaël Mayer | image = Daniel Mayer.jpg | caption = | office = President of the Constitutional Council of France | term_start = 4 March 1983 | term_end = 4 March 1986 | appointer = François Mitterrand | predecessor = Roger Frey | successor = Robert Badinter | birth_date = | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = | death_place = Orsay, Île-de-France, France | other_names = | known_for = | nationality = French | occupation = Politician Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909 – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975. He founded the Comité d'Action Socialiste in 1941 and was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistant Socialist group. Mayer also supported the Libération-sud resistance movement headed by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie.

He was also President of Constitutional Council from 1983 to 1986, and Minister of Labour from 1946 to 1949. Mayer was a Member of Parliament for the Seine from 1945 to 1958.

References

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