The French Section of the Workers' International was a major social democratic political party in France which was founded in 1905 and succeeded in 1969 by the present Socialist Party.
Extraordinary National Congress of the SFIO held in Montrouge, 29–31 March 1946
Léon Blum
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André Léon Blum was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century.
French Section of the Workers' International
…and socialists together, prompting them to form the Popular Front. The coalition won the 1936 election and formed a government under SFIO leader Léon Blum, which lasted until 1938. After the outbreak of World War II and German conquest of France in 1940, the SFIO was banned, and many of its members took…
Blum in 1936
Léon Blum memorial in kibbutz Kfar Blum, Israel
Léon Blum, before 1945