Paul Morin

Paul Morin (29 June 1924 – 28 July 2020) was a French politician and resistance fighter.[1][2]

For the Canadian artist and children's book illustrator, see Paul Morin (illustrator).
Paul Morin
Municipal Councillor for Bourg-en-Bresse
In office
1947–1989
Mayor of Bourg-en-Bresse
In office
1989–1995
General Councillor for the Canton of Bourg-en-Bresse II
In office
1973–1982
General Councillor for the Canton of Bourg-en-Bresse-Nord-Centre
In office
1982–2001
Vice-President of the General Council of Ain
In office
1988–2001
Personal details
Born29 June 1924
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Died28 July 2020(2020-07-28) (aged 96)
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Political partyUDF

Biography
Registration form of Paul Morin as a prisoner at Dachau Nazi Concentration Camp

A student at the Lycée Lalande, Morin joined the French Resistance through the Forces unies de la jeunesse patriotique. Marcel Cochet, one of the founders of the movement, had attended secondary school alongside him.[3] Morin was deported to the Dachau concentration camp on 18 June 1943 and returned to France in May 1945. In 2012, he published his autobiography on his survival of the Holocaust, titled J'ai eu 20 ans à Dachau.[4]

Morin became a municipal councillor for Bourg-en-Bresse in 1947. He was a member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF). He was finally elected Mayor of Bourg-en-Bresse in 1989 after 42 years on the municipal council. He only stayed for one term, leaving the post in 1995 to become the inaugural Vice-President of the General Council of Ain, a position he held until 2001. He was also a general councillor for the Canton of Bourg-en-Bresse II and for the Canton of Bourg-en-Bresse-Nord-Centre.

Morin received the Médaille Jean-Moulin in 1993 alongside Marius Roche.[5] He also received the Resistance Medal, the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945, and became a Commander of the Legion of Honour.

Paul Morin died in Bourg-en-Bresse on 28 July 2020 at the age of 96.[6]

Works
  • Et la mer devient sel (2004)
  • Le chemin du nord (2005)
  • Œuvres poétiques complètes (2011)
  • Le jardin de l'orme (2011)
  • J'ai eu 20 ans à Dachau (2012)

References
  1. "Le récit de Paul MORIN". Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura (in French).
  2. "Paul Morin, ancien maire de Bourg-en-Bresse et résistant, est décédé". Le Progrès (in French). 28 July 2020.
  3. "La naissance des FUJP en 1941". Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura (in French).
  4. J'ai eu 20 ans a Dachau. 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. "La médaille Jean MOULIN". Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura (in French).
  6. "Paul Morin, ancien maire de Bourg-en-Bresse, est décédé". La Voix de l'Ain (in French). 28 July 2020.
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