History
Raymond Vergès
Doctor, member of parliament and one of the two fathers of the 1946 departmentalisation
medicine / public life
Biography
Raymond Vergès, born on 15 August 1882 and died on 2 July 1957, was a Réunionese doctor and politician. As member of parliament for Réunion, he was one of the co-signatories of the bill that turned Réunion into a French département on 19 March 1946.
Contribution
Co-signatory of the 1946 departmentalisation bill.
Sources (1)
- https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/7227
