Fernand Pelloutier

Fernand Pelloutier
Portrait photograph of Fernand Pelloutier
Pelloutier (c. 1890s)
General secretary of the Federation of Labour Exchanges
In office
1895–1901
Preceded byRieul Cordier
Succeeded byGeorges Yvetot
Personal details
Born(1867-10-01)1 October 1867
17th arrondissement of Paris, France
Died13 March 1901(1901-03-13) (aged 33)
Sèvres, Seine-et-Oise, France
Cause of deathLupus vulgaris
Political partyFrench Workers' Party (1892)
Other political
affiliations
Federation of Labour Exchanges (1892–1901)
ChildrenMaurice Pelloutier 
Parent
OccupationJournalist, trade unionist

Fernand Léonce Émile Pelloutier (1867–1901) was a French journalist, trade union organiser and anarcho-syndicalist theoretician. A revolutionary from an early age, after beginning a career in journalism, Pelloutier became involved in socialist politics. He briefly joined the French Workers' Party, but following a disagreement with its leader over his proposal for a general strike, he left the party and joined the anarchist movement. He became the leader of the Bourses du Travail, in which he advocated for anarcho-syndicalism. Having suffered from tuberculosis luposa for most of his career, he eventually succombed to the disease, and died in 1901 at the age of 33.


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