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Jeannette Vermeersch
Jeannette Vermeersch (born Julie Marie Vermeersch; 26 November 1910 – 5 November 2001) was a French politician.
She is principally known for having been the companion (1932–1947) and then the wife (1947–1964) of Maurice Thorez, general secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF), with whom she had three children, born before their union was made official.
Biography.
Born in La Madeleine, Nord as the seventh of nine children in a family of workers, Jeannette Vermeersch joined the
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After 1950, Jeannette Vermeersch also used the name Jeannette Thorez-Vermeersch, but she is usually known by her historical pseudonym, notably within the Communist Party. She never used the name Jeannette Thorez.
She died in Callian, Var.
Union and party functions.
- 1930–1931: member of the secretariat of Young Communists of the Nord
- 1931–1932: member of the national committee of young union members of the Unitary General Confederation of Labour
- 1932–1934: member of the national bureau of Young Communists