Career
He was also deputy to the National Assembly from 1937-1940 and 1946-1958, and was made a senator in 1959.
He was also deputy to the National Assembly from 1937-1940 and 1946-1958, and was made a senator in 1959.
He joined the party in 1921, and was elected a member of its Central Committee seven years later. From 1935 to 1943 he was a high-ranking member of the Presidium of the Communist International for Youth and was general secretary of the Executive Committee for a period. He was a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of France from 1945 to 1972.