Michel Zunino

Michel Zunino (June 12, 1889 – April 26, 1958), Knight of the , was a French wine grower and politician. Zunino was a Member of Parliament, representing Var from 1936 to 1942 and 1946 to 1956. Additionally, he represented Var in the first and second Constituent National Assemblies after the war. He was also active in the cooperative movement amongst wine growers.

Socialist politician Zunino served in the First World War, and achieved the rank of captain in the artillery. He was injured twice in the war. Zunino joined the National Front (FN), and became a member of Southern Zonal Committee of FN. His son, Roger Zunino, was also a resistance fighter. Michel Zunino was expelled from SFIO in 1944. A few months later he joined the French Communist Party (PCF).

In the Communist Party Zunino became honorary president of the United Movement of the French Resistance (MURF). He also became a member of the Federal Bureau of PCF. He was elected mayor of La Garde and member of the National Assembly as a communist candidate. Zunino was the sole former Popular Front parliamentarian from SFIO who later was re-elected to parliament as a communist candidate.