Jean Zay

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French politician human lawyer writer

Jean Zay was a French politician and Minister of National Education and Fine Arts in the 1930s, noted for his major contributions to French culture and the arts.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French politician → human → lawyer → writer →
awardReceived	Compagnon de la Libération → Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 →
burialPlace	Panthéon, Paris →
causeOfDeath	assassination → extrajudicial killing →
commemoratedBy	Collège Jean-Zay (various French schools) → supercomputer Jean Zay (IDRIS, CNRS) →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1904-08-06 →
dateOfDeath	1944-06-20 →
educatedAt	Faculty of Law of the University of Paris → Lycée Pothier →
ethnicGroup	French people of Jewish descent →
familyName	Zay →
givenName	Jean →
hasOccupation	civil servant → essayist → lawyer → politician →
honouredIn	Panthéon, Paris →
knownFor	reform of the French educational system in the 1930s → role in the Popular Front government → support for French culture and the arts →
languageSpoken	French →
mannerOfDeath	homicide →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Radical Party (France) →
movement	French Resistance →
nativeLanguage	French →
notableWork	Souvenirs et solitude → Écrits de prison →
participantIn	French Resistance against Nazi Germany → World War II →
partOf	Popular Front (France) →
placeOfBirth	France → Loiret → Orléans →
placeOfDeath	Allier → France → Molles →
positionHeld	Member of the Chamber of Deputies of France → Minister of National Education and Fine Arts of France → deputy for Loiret →
religion	Protestantism →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Orléans → Paris →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cannes Film Festival →	foundedBy