Maurice Thorez

Maurice Thorez
Thorez in 1936
Deputy Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the French Republic
In office 22 January 1947 – 4 May 1947
Prime Minister	Paul Ramadier
Succeeded by	Pierre-Henri Teitgen
In office 24 June 1946 – 28 November 1946
Prime Minister	Georges Bidault
In office 26 January 1946 – 12 June 1946
Prime Minister	Félix Gouin
Minister of State
In office 22 January 1947 – 4 May 1947
Prime Minister	Paul Ramadier
In office 21 November 1945 – 20 January 1946
Prime Minister	Charles de Gaulle
General Secretary of the French Communist Party
In office 18 July 1930 – 17 May 1964
Preceded by	Pierre Semard
Succeeded by	Jacques Duclos (Interim; 1950–1953) Waldeck Rochet
Personal details
Born	(1900-04-28)28 April 1900 Noyelles-Godault, Pas-de-Calais, France
Died	11 July 1964(1964-07-11) (aged 64) Black Sea, People's Republic of Bulgaria
Political party	PCF
Other political affiliations	SFIO (1919–1920)
Spouse	Jeannette Vermeersch ​ ​ (m. 1947)​
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Maurice Thorez (French: [mɔʁis tɔʁɛz, moʁ-]; 28 April 1900 – 11 July 1964) was a French politician and longtime leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1930 until his death. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of France from 1946 to 1947.^[1]