Maurice Andrieux

Maurice Andrieux (17 April 1925, in Hersin-Coupigny – 8 December 2008, in Toulouse) was a French communist politician.

Andrieux worked as a teacher and journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of Tribune des mineurs ('Miners' Tribune') in Lens 1948-1951 and as secretary general of Ce Soir in Paris 1951–1953.

Elected in 1967 in the tenth district of Pas-de-Calais, he sat with the Communist group. He became Vice-President of the National Assembly on April 2, 1977, succeeding Guy Ducoloné, and remained in office until the end of the legislative term. Although he was consistently re-elected, he retired in 1981 after coming in second place to the Socialist Party (France) candidate, Marcel Wacheux.