Pierre Semard [SEP] place of death
Pierre Semard
Pierre Semard (15 February 1887, Bragny-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire - 7 March 1942, Évreux, Eure) was a trade unionist, secretary general of the federation of railway-workers and leader of the French Communist Party (acting as its secretary general from 1924 to 1928). He was shot in prison by the Germans in 1942, and is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. He was key figure in the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO
- "Louis Sellier and Albert Treint," interim secretaries-general: 21 January 1923 – 23 January 1924
- Louis Sellier: 23 January 1924 – 1 July 1924
- Pierre Semard: 8 July 1924 – 8 April 1929
- Collective secretariat (Henri Barbé, Pierre Celor, Benoît Frachon, Maurice Thorez): 8 April 1929 – 18 July 1930
- Maurice Thorez: 18 July 1930 – 17 May 1964 (president between 17 May and his death on 11 July 1964)
- Jacques Duclos