Background
Soustelle, Jacques Emile was born on February 3, 1912 in Montpellier, France. Son of Jean and Germaine (Blatiere).
Soustelle, Jacques Emile was born on February 3, 1912 in Montpellier, France. Son of Jean and Germaine (Blatiere).
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University Lyon. HHD, Ecole Normale Superieure.
Anthropologist science missions, Center American, 1932-1939. Deputy director Museum of Manitoba, 1938-1939. Lecturer College de France and Colonial School, 1938-1939.
Various to national commissioner for information France, 1942. Director special services Algiers, 1943-1944. Republican commissioner Bordeaux, France, 1944.
Minister of information France, 1945. Secretary colonial affairs France, 1945. Deputy for la Mayenne France, 1945-1946.
Chief secretary Rassemblement, France, 1947-1952. French People's Assembly deputy, then Social Republican of Rhone, 1951-1958. Governor general Algeria, 1955-1956.
Secretary information France, 1958-1959. Member central committee, Rhone deputy Union New Republic, 1958. Deputy minister to prime minister, 1959-1960.
General delegate Communal Organization Regions of Sahara, 1959-1960. President Center Information on Problems Algeria and the Sahara, 1960. Political editor bimonthly Here is Why, 1960.
Professor sociology School Advanced Studies, 1969-1990. Founder-president Mouvement National Progrès et Liberté, 1970. Member National Council of Scientific Research, 1971-1990.
Prosecuted for plotting against authority of state, 1962. Resigned from Town Counsel, Lyon, 1962, re-elected, 1971. Warrant issued against him, 1962.
In exile abroad, 1962-1968. Returned to France following general amnesty, 1968. Member executive board Vigilance Committee Antifascist Intellectuals.
Joined General de Gaulle in London, 1940.
Son of; married Georgette Fagot, August 5, 1931.