Jean Cristofol
# Jean Cristofol

Jean Cristofol (1901–1957) was a French Communist politician. He was a député in the National Assembly of France from 1936 to 1940, and from 1946 to 1957, then Mayor of Marseille, the second largest city in France, from 1946 to 1947.

## Biography

Jean Joseph Antoine Cristofol was born on 24 March 1901 in Aja-Vilallovent,. He became a député in the French National Assembly in 1936. In April 1940, he was sent to prison by the Vichy government for being a Communist. He was released in 1943, and became a député again in 1944. He was the Mayor of Marseille from 1946 to 1947. He died on 21 November 1957 in Villejuif, France.

