Simon Sabiani | |
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Born | 14 May 1888
Casamaccioli,
Haute-Corse, France |
Died | 29 September 1956 | (aged 68)
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Politician |
Simon Pierre Sabiani (14 May 1888 – 29 September 1956) was a French businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1928 to 1936.
Simon Pierre Sabiani was born in 1888 in Casamaccioli, Corsica, France. [1] [2] He had four brothers and one sister. He moved to Marseille. [2]
Sabiani served in World War I within the XVth corps of the 112th regiment of line infantry. He was nicknamed the " Pierre Bayard Corse" (Corsican war hero) and awarded the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre for his service. [2]
Sabiani joined the SFIO in 1919, and for a while the PCF. In 1923, he founded the "Parti d’action socialiste", (Socialist action party). In 1925, he was elected to the General Council of Bouches-du-Rhône. [3] Among his friends and "electoral agents" were the French mafiosi Paul Carbone, François Spirito, as well as Antoine Guerini, who had helped him get into the mayor´s office of Marseille in 1929. [4]
From 1928 to 1936, he served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing Bouches-du-Rhône, succeeded by François Billoux. [2] From 1929 to 1935 he served as an advisor to the Deputy Mayor of Marseille. [3] [5]
In 1936, he joined the Parti Populaire Français (PPF) led by Jacques Doriot, where he became a member of the political bureau, heading the local PPF section. On 4 July 1936 he addressed a right-wing faction during a demonstration in Aix-en-Provence which turned violent. [6] [7]
During World War II, he was the general secretary of the Marseille Bureau of the Légion des Volontaires Français, a collaborator of the Vichy regime. On 5 August 1942 he was arrested alongside Paul Carbone in Marseille over the possible murder of two women and the shooting of five more people during the Bastille Day march a month earlier. [8] Meanwhile, he acted as an informant to the Gestapo throughout the war. [9]
Shortly after the war, members of the French resistance put him on a list of collaborators they wanted to kill. [10] However, he went missing. [9] He exiled himself to Sigmaringen, in Southern Germany, then Italy, Argentina, and finally to Spain under the name of Pedro Multedo. [1] However, he returned to Corsica clandestinely to visit his mother when she turned almost one hundred years old.
Sabiani died in 1956 in Barcelona, Spain. [1] [2] He was buried in the family chapel of Casamacciuli.
Simon Sabiani | |
---|---|
Born | 14 May 1888
Casamaccioli,
Haute-Corse, France |
Died | 29 September 1956 | (aged 68)
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Politician |
Simon Pierre Sabiani (14 May 1888 – 29 September 1956) was a French businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1928 to 1936.
Simon Pierre Sabiani was born in 1888 in Casamaccioli, Corsica, France. [1] [2] He had four brothers and one sister. He moved to Marseille. [2]
Sabiani served in World War I within the XVth corps of the 112th regiment of line infantry. He was nicknamed the " Pierre Bayard Corse" (Corsican war hero) and awarded the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre for his service. [2]
Sabiani joined the SFIO in 1919, and for a while the PCF. In 1923, he founded the "Parti d’action socialiste", (Socialist action party). In 1925, he was elected to the General Council of Bouches-du-Rhône. [3] Among his friends and "electoral agents" were the French mafiosi Paul Carbone, François Spirito, as well as Antoine Guerini, who had helped him get into the mayor´s office of Marseille in 1929. [4]
From 1928 to 1936, he served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing Bouches-du-Rhône, succeeded by François Billoux. [2] From 1929 to 1935 he served as an advisor to the Deputy Mayor of Marseille. [3] [5]
In 1936, he joined the Parti Populaire Français (PPF) led by Jacques Doriot, where he became a member of the political bureau, heading the local PPF section. On 4 July 1936 he addressed a right-wing faction during a demonstration in Aix-en-Provence which turned violent. [6] [7]
During World War II, he was the general secretary of the Marseille Bureau of the Légion des Volontaires Français, a collaborator of the Vichy regime. On 5 August 1942 he was arrested alongside Paul Carbone in Marseille over the possible murder of two women and the shooting of five more people during the Bastille Day march a month earlier. [8] Meanwhile, he acted as an informant to the Gestapo throughout the war. [9]
Shortly after the war, members of the French resistance put him on a list of collaborators they wanted to kill. [10] However, he went missing. [9] He exiled himself to Sigmaringen, in Southern Germany, then Italy, Argentina, and finally to Spain under the name of Pedro Multedo. [1] However, he returned to Corsica clandestinely to visit his mother when she turned almost one hundred years old.
Sabiani died in 1956 in Barcelona, Spain. [1] [2] He was buried in the family chapel of Casamacciuli.