Gérard Boulanger Explained

Gérard Boulanger (October 1948 – 8 June 2018) was a French lawyer and human rights activist. He was close to the Left Front.[1]

In 1999, Boulanger was convicted of defamation against the noted French historian Henri Amouroux.[2]

A famous lawyer, notably leading charges against Maurice Papon,[3] Boulanger is also a human rights activist and union member. He wrote the biography of Papon, Maurice Papon: A French Bureaucrat in Collaboration.[4]

In 2010, he was selected to be the Left Front's candidate in Aquitaine for the 2010 regional elections.[1] His list also received the support of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), despite negotiations between the NPA and Left Front failing nationally.[5]

Boulanger died from cancer in June 2018.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Elections régionales en Aquitaine : Front de gauche : Gérard Boulanger veut faire émerger un nouveau projet socialiste et républicain à gauche . Aqui! . 31 December 2009 . 21 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720205225/http://www.aqui.fr/print.cfm?id=2726 . 20 July 2011 .
  2. News: Diffamé au procès Papon, Henri Amouroux obtient réparation . 29 January 2019 . . 15 June 1999 . fr . Me Gérard Boulanger, avocat d'une des parties civiles lors du procès Papon (octobre 1997 avril 1998), a été condamné hier par le tribunal correctionnel de Paris à 40 000 F d'amende et un franc de dommages-intérêts pour diffamation envers l'historien Henri Amouroux . 27 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327134904/https://www.liberation.fr/societe/1999/06/15/diffame-au-proces-papon-henri-amouroux-obtient-reparation_276162 . dead .
  3. Book: Lloyd, Christopher . Collaboration and Resistance in occupied France: representing treason and sacrifice . 98 . 2003 . . 978-1-4039-2031-7 .
  4. News: Court delays ex-minister's libel case over war crimes . . 15 June 1994 . 28 January 2011 .
  5. News: Les régionales en Aquitaine . . 25 February 2010 . 28 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110120195153/http://lci.tf1.fr/politique/2010-02/les-regionales-en-aquitaine-5708114.html . 20 January 2011 . dead .
  6. Web site: Décès de l'avocat bordelais Gérard Boulanger à l'origine de l'affaire Papon. 8 June 2018. 11 June 2018. Jean-François. Géa. French.

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