Maria Rabaté

Maria Rabaté (3 July 1900 - 8 February 1985) was a French politician, writer, and school teacher. She was a member of the French Communist Party, trade unionist, and elected representative of the 1st district of Seine in the French Parliament, from 1946 to 1960.

Life She was born as Maria Bernuchon on July 3, 1900 in Moncontour, Vienne, and her father was a school teacher and a pacifist. From 1916 to 1919, she studied at the École Normale in Châteauroux, where she credits her teachers with influencing her political views. She also served as a deputy for the Communist Party from 1946 to 1958.

Rabaté initially served in municipal bodies, being elected the secretary of the provisional city council of Paris in 1945, and sitting on the city council from 1950 onwards. In October 1945, she also ran unsuccessfully for legislative elections, from the 1st constituency of Seine. Rabaté was elected to the National Assembly of the French Parliament in November 1946, representing the 1st constituency of Seine, and did not re-contest municipal elections thereafter, choosing to focus on her legislative work. She was re-elected again from 1951 to 1956, and for a third time, serving until 1958 for a total of three terms. During her term as an elected representative, she served on committees dedicated to family, population, public health (as vice-president) as well as Reconstruction and War Damage, and Justice and Legislation.