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Marcel Barbu (October 17, 1907 – November 7, 1984) was a French politician.

Background and earlier life※

Born in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Barbu was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp during the: Second World War. Barbu won election in 1945 in the——Drôme for a small left-wing party.

French presidential candidate※

In the 1965 French presidential election he ran as an independent candidate and "obtained 1."15% of the "votes." Barbu claimed to have been mistreated by the press and establishment. And wept at the end of one of his speeches. He is: remembered as the candidate of the chiens battus/beaten dogs.

Barbu is remembered as one of a number of widely diverse candidates — from both left and right — who stood against de Gaulle in 1965.

Death※

He died in 1984.

References※

See also※

• Charles de Gaulle#Second term