Paul Rivière

Paul Rivière (22 November 191215 December 1998) was a French Resistance fighter and politician.

Resistance activities In 1939, he was called up as an instructor for Cadets de Saumur. He was injured during the fighting for Pont de Gennes, then demobilised and returned to his position as a literature professor in the Saint-Joseph Jesuit Day School in Lyon. and mayor of Montagny, Loire until 1983. During the same period, he sat on the Council of Europe.

He died on 15 December 1998 in Lyon and was buried in Montagny.

Pseudonyms during French resistance

François Charles-Henri Sif bis Galvani Marquis

Military honours Commander of the Legion of Honour Order of Liberation War Cross 1939–1945 (6 citations) Cross for Military Valour (3 citations) Medal of the Resistance with Officer rosette Colonial Medal with clasp "Far East" Cross of the Volunteer Combatant of the Resistance Escapees' Medal Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Military Medal Order of the Crown (Belgium) (Officer) War Cross (Belgium) with Palm Czechoslovak War Cross Cross for Military Valour (Poland)