About Justin Catayée
Lived 1916 – 1962 (aged 46). Justin Catayée was a French politician.
Justin Catayée (; 30 May 1916 – 22 June 1962) was a French politician who served in the French National Assembly from 1958 to 1962 and was the founder of the Guianese Socialist Party and fought in World War II. He was born in Cayenne, French Guiana, and died in the crash of Air France Flight 117 into a mountain in Guadeloupe on 22 June 1962.
Early life Catayée was born in Cayenne, French Guiana on 30 May 1916; the fifth of six children of immigrants from Martinique. He studied at the Lycée Schoeler in Fort-de-France on a scholarship. While serving as deputy to the assembly he was killed in the 22 June 1962 crash of Air France Flight 117 in Guadaloupe.
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French politician (1916-1962)
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Justin Catayée was born on 30 May 1916 in Cayenne.
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Justin Catayée died on 22 June 1962 in Deshaies.
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Justin Catayée was a politician.
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