Republican Independents
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The Independents and later Republican Independents was a French parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies of France
during the French Third Republic
between 1928 and 1940. The IR was composed of the most conservative members of the legislature, to the right of the Republican Federation
. The group included Georges Mandel
and Jean Ybarnegaray
.
Most members left in 1938 to found the French Social Party
(PSF).
Chamber of Deputies of France
Chamber of Deputies was the name given to several parliamentary bodies in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries:* 1814–1848 during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy, the Chamber of Deputies was the Lower chamber of the French Parliament, elected by census suffrage.*...
during the French Third Republic
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...
between 1928 and 1940. The IR was composed of the most conservative members of the legislature, to the right of the Republican Federation
Republican Federation
The Republican Federation was the largest conservative party during the French Third Republic, gathering together the liberal Orleanists rallied to the Republic. Founded in November 1903, it rivalized with the more secular and centrist Alliance démocratique...
. The group included Georges Mandel
Georges Mandel
Georges Mandel was a French politician, journalist, and French Resistance leader.-Biography:Born Louis George Rothschild in Chatou, Yvelines, was the son of a tailor...
and Jean Ybarnegaray
Jean Ybarnegaray
Michel Albert Jean Joseph Ybarnegaray was a French politician and founder of the International Association for Basque Pelota....
.
Most members left in 1938 to found the French Social Party
French Social Party
The French Social Party was a French nationalist political party founded in 1936 by François de La Rocque, following the dissolution of his Croix-de-Feu league by the Popular Front government...
(PSF).