Henri Tasso

Henri Tasso (8 October 1882 – 12 February 1944) was a French Socialist politician. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1935 to 1939. He also served as a member of the National Assembly from 1924 to 1938, and of the Senate from 1938 to 1945.

Henri Tasso
Henri Tasso in 1932
Born(1882-10-08)8 October 1882
Marseille, France
Died12 February 1944(1944-02-12) (aged 61)
Allauch, France
OccupationPolitician
Spouse(s)Thérèse Gairaud
Parent(s)Michel-Théodore Tasso
Dominique Eusébie Marie Montefrestini

Early life

Henri Tasso was born on 8 October 1882 in Marseille.[1] His parents, Michel-Théodore Tasso and Dominique Eusébie Marie Montefrestini, were Italian immigrants to France.[2]

Career

A member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1924 to 1938.[1] He supported the naturalisation of Italian immigrants, even those who were poor and unemployed.[3]

He served as the Socialist Mayor of Marseille from 1935 to 1939.[2][4] On 8 October 1938 a fire burnt down Les Nouvelles Galeries, a department store on the Canebière.[5] Shortly after, he was dismissed.[5] Others have argued he was dismissed "because of his inappropriate financial management and chronic overhiring of municipal workers."[6]

He also served as a member of the Senate from 1938 to 1944.[1]

Personal life

He married Thérèse Gairaud.

Death

He died on 12 February 1944 in Allauch.

References
  1. Sénat français. "French Senate: Henri Tasso". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. Herrick Chapman, Laura Levine Frader, Race in France: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Difference, Berghahn Books, 2004, p. 94
  3. Mary Dewhurst Lewis, The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918-1940, Stanford University Press, 2007, p. 97
  4. Martin S. Alexander, Helen Graham, The French and Spanish Popular Fronts: Comparative Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 206
  5. Donna F. Ryan, The Holocaust & the Jews of Marseille: The Enforcement of Anti-Semitic Policies in Vichy France, University of Illinois Press, 1996, p. 19
  6. Junʼichi Kawata, Comparing Political Corruption and Clientelism, Ashgate Publishing, 2006, pp. 183-184
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