Georges Marchais

Georges Marchais
Georges Marchais in 1981
General Secretary of the French Communist Party
In office 17 December 1972 – 29 January 1994
Preceded by	Waldeck Rochet
Succeeded by	Robert Hue
Personal details
Born	(1920-06-07)7 June 1920 La Hoguette, Calvados, France
Died	16 November 1997(1997-11-16) (aged 77) Paris, France
Political party	French Communist Party
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Georges René Louis Marchais (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) ʁəne lwi maʁʃɛ]; 7 June 1920 – 16 November 1997) was the head of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1972 to 1994, and a candidate in the 1981 French presidential election.