Jean-Pierre Mourer [SEP] place of death
Jean-Pierre Mourer
Jean-Pierre Mourer (August 19, 1897 in Wittring, Moselle – June 10, 1947 in Île Napoléon, Mulhouse) was an Alsatian politician. He was elected to the French National Assembly in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
A railway employee, Mourer joined the French Communist Party and was elected to parliament in April from the second constituency of Strasbourg. In a second round of voting, he defeated Georges Weill by 7,140 votes against 6,013. In parliament, he was a member of the
to "l'Humanité d'Alsace-Lorraine". The expulsions from PCF came two weeks after the launch of "Die Neue Welt".
In October 1929 the expelled group around Hueber and Mourer founded the Opposition Communist Party. The new party counted with, at the time of its foundation, the mayor of Strasbourg (Charles Hueber) and were supported by the majority in the city municipal council. Jean-Pierre Mourer represented the party in the French National Assembly, and was re-elected to the National Assembly in 1932 and