François Tanguy-Prigent
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François Tanguy-Prigent (October 11, 1909 - January 20, 1970) was a French politician.
He was born in Saint-Jean-du-Doigt, in the Finistère département of Bretagne, France (The name Prigent comes from "Prit" "beautiful" and Gent "race - line". It first appears in Redon in the year 869 A.D.).
Tanguy-Prigent became politically active at age 16. At age eighteen he published his first political articles and in 1934 won his first elections (Cantonales). Though, not having reached the required age of twenty-five to hold office, he was disqualified for being too young.
He was eventually elected to the National Assembly, but though a Parliamentarian and thus exempt from duty, he sought to fight the Nazis directly and left for the front. At the German victory, he returned to Paris and on July 10, 1940 voted against the establishment of the German-controlled Vichy government. This act forced Prigent to go into hiding. Wanted by the Vichy police and the Gestapo, Prigent joined the Resistance, notably in “Libération Nord” which he helped organise and “Resistance Paysanne” which he directed.
Upon Liberation, General de Gaulle appointed him Minister of Agriculture.
François Tanguy-Prigent died in 1970 in Morlaix.
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