Daniel Mayer

Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909[1] – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975.

[2] He founded the Comité d'Action Socialiste in 1941[3] and was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistant Socialist group.

[4][5] Mayer also supported the Libération-sud resistance movement headed by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie.

He was also President of Constitutional Council from 1983 to 1986,[6] and Minister of Labour from 1946 to 1949.

[7] Mayer was a Member of Parliament for the Seine from 1945 to 1958.