Fernand Pelloutier

Fernand Pelloutier
Pelloutier (c. 1890s)
General secretary of the Federation of Labour Exchanges [fr]
In office 1895–1901
Preceded by	Rieul Cordier
Succeeded by	Georges Yvetot
Personal details
Born	(1867-10-01)1 October 1867 17th arrondissement of Paris, France
Died	13 March 1901(1901-03-13) (aged 33) Sèvres, Seine-et-Oise, France
Cause of death	Lupus vulgaris
Political party	French Workers' Party (1892)
Other political affiliations	Federation of Labour Exchanges [fr] (1892–1901)
Children	Maurice Pelloutier [Wikidata]
Parent	Léonce Adrien Saint-Ange Pelloutier [Wikidata] (father)
Occupation	Journalist, trade unionist

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Fernand Léonce Émile Pelloutier (1867–1901) was a French journalist, trade union organiser and anarcho-syndicalist theoretician. A revolutionary from an early age, after beginning a career in journalism, Pelloutier became involved in socialist politics. He briefly joined the French Workers' Party, but following a disagreement with its leader over his proposal for a general strike, he left the party and joined the anarchist movement. He became the leader of the Bourses du Travail, in which he advocated for anarcho-syndicalism. Having suffered from tuberculosis luposa for most of his career, he eventually succombed to the disease, and died in 1901 at the age of 33.