Marcel Willard | |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1889 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Occupation: | Lawyer, politician |
Party: | French Communist Party |
Spouse: | Germaine Willard[1] |
Marcel Willard (25 July 1889 – 17 February 1956) was a French lawyer and politician. He served in the French Army during World War I, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre for it.[2] He earned a bachelor of laws and began his career as a lawyer.[2] He then served in the French Resistance during World War II, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre a second time, and Resistance Medal, and made an officer of the Legion of honour after the war.[2] He served as a Communist member of the French Senate from 1946 to 1948.[2]