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Justin Catayée

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Justin Catayée
Member of the National Assembly for Guiana
In office
30 November 1958 – June 1962
Succeeded byLéopold Héder
Personal details
Born(1916-05-30)30 May 1916
Cayenne, French Guiana
Died22 June 1962(1962-06-22) (aged 46)
Dos d'Âne [fr], Guadeloupe
NationalityFrench
Political partyFrench Section of the Workers' International (1951–1956)
Guianese Socialist Party (from 1956)

Justin Catayée (Guianese Creole French: Jisten Kataye; 30 May 1916 – 22 June 1962) was a French politician who served in the French National Assembly from 1958–1962 and was the founder of the Guianese Socialist Party and hero of World War II.[1] He was born in Cayenne, French Guiana, and died in the crash of Air France Flight 117 into a mountain in Guadeloupe on 22 June 1962.

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