Fernand Pelloutier

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
Died13 March 1901(1901-03-13) (aged 33)
Cause of deathLupus vulgaris
PartyFrench Workers' Party (1892)
Other political
affiliations
Federation of Labour Exchanges (1892–1901)
ChildrenMaurice Pelloutier 
Parent
  • Léonce Adrien Saint-Ange Pelloutier  (father)
OccupationJournalist, trade unionist
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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 succumbed to the disease, and died in 1901 at the age of 33.