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Raoul Anglès was a French politician, who was born 21 October 1887 in Fontainebleau and died 9 February 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Biography
The son of a republican notable – the general councillor of Noyers-sur-Cher – Anglès excelled in his studies. He was being a laureate at 16-years-old of the Concours général during his schooling at the lycée Thiers, then studied at the Ecole Normal Superieure before being, in 1911, valedictorian (major) of the Agrégation for modern languages.

He then became a journalist for the daily publication Le Radical, for which he served as editor-in-chief starting in 1912.

Two years later, he was elected as a radical-socialist deputy for the Basses-Alpes in the first round of voting, in the Sisteron constituency, a few weeks before entering the general council of the department.

An officer during the First world war, Anglès received the Legion of Honour for his distinguished service as a fighter pilot.

In 1917, he was the instigator of a secret committee of the Chamber of Deputies that resulted in the resignation of Aristide Briand.

Re-elected in 1919 at the head of a republican coalition, he was a quite active parliamentarian, even after his election as president of the Basses-Alpes general council in 1920. However, he would not stand for election in the legislative elections in 1924.

Instead, he fully concentrated on journalism. During the inter-war years, he wrote for Paris-soir, Le Matin (France) and Le Figaro, whereas he wrote during the post-war for less prestigious publications such as L'Ordre or Ce Matin.

However, he would not fully detach himself from politics: in 1940, he was a member of Paul Reynaud's cabinet, before being an active participant in the French Resistance.

Between 1953 and 1959, and then again from 1962 to 1965, he was the mayor of Reillanne, which he strove to orientate around tourism.