Achille Pierre Anatole Eugène Daroux (25 July 1880–25 April 1953) was a French politician.

Daroux was born in Saint-Prouant

Saint-Prouant

Saint-Prouant is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.-References:*...

 in the Vendée

Vendée

The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. The name Vendée is taken from the Vendée river which runs through the south-eastern part of the department.-History:...

 département of France. Son of a teacher, he studied medicine at the University of Bordeaux

University of Bordeaux

University of Bordeaux is an association of higher education institutions in and around Bordeaux, France. Its current incarnation was established 21 March 2007. The group is the largest system of higher education schools in southwestern France. It is part of the Academy of Bordeaux.There are seven...

. He qualified as a doctor and practised medicine in the Vendée.

He was elected to the municipal council of Maillezais

Maillezais

Maillezais is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.It was once an island, until Monks of the Maillezais Abbey dug canals. Remains of the sea wall are still present, and canoe tours of the canals are a regular attraction to tourists.-External links:*,...

 in 1904 and remained on the council until his death. From 1930 he served as mayor and in 1932 stood as a candidate for the Radical Party. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies and re-elected in 1936. He served on the committees dealing with public health and with Postes, télégraphes et téléphones

Postes, télégraphes et téléphones (France)

Postes, télégraphes et téléphones was the French public administration of postal services and telecommunications. Formed in 1921, it was split in 1991 into La Poste and France Télécom....

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At the special session of the French parliament summoned to grant extraordinary powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain

Philippe Pétain

Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain , generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain , was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944...

 on 10 July 1940 Daroux was one of the 80

The Vichy 80

The Vichy 80 were a group of elected French parliamentarians who, on 10 July 1940, voted against the constitutional change that dissolved the Third Republic and established an authoritarian regime known as Vichy France....

 parliamentarians to vote against the measure. Daroux worked with the French Resistance

French Resistance

The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...

 during the war.

He was a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur

Légion d'honneur

The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...

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Reference

• Jean Jolly (dir.), Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, Presses universitaires de France