Former leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) and candidate for the 1988 presidential election, André Lajoinie, has died, party members announced on Tuesday, November 26. “Immense sadness at the announcement of the death of André Lajoinie”wrote Fabien Roussel, general secretary of the PCF, on the social network “their struggles for the working classes, for their territory, for France”. “We are losing a man of great humanity” he added.
“André Lajoinie has just left us. The son of farmers, he loved people deep in his heart. Member of Parliament, leader of the PCF, André was a fierce defender of the working class.”also wrote the Parisian elected official (PCF) Ian Brossat on the social network X.
André Lajoinie was Allier’s deputy for twenty years, recalls the regional newspaper the mountain. He He had obtained 6.76% of the votes in the first round of the 1988 presidential elections, won by François Mitterrand.
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