Editing Martinique (section)

==== Politicians of Martinique ====
[[Image: Cyrille Bissette by François Le Villain.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Cyrille Bissette]], deputy from 1849 to 1851 and one of the fathers of the abolition of slavery in Martinique]]
* [[Pierre Aliker]], doctor and mayor of Fort-de-France
* [[Empress Joséphine|Josephine Bonaparte]], born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie<ref>{{cite web|title=Martinique TROIS-ILETS 1763|url=http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=MARTINIQUE&commune=TROIS-ILETS&annee=1763&typeacte=AC_NA|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127134227/http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=MARTINIQUE&commune=TROIS-ILETS&annee=1763&typeacte=AC_NA|archive-date=27 November 2021|access-date=28 November 2021|website=anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr}}</ref> was [[First French Empire|Empress of the French]] and [[List of Italian royal consorts|Queen consort of Italy]]
* [[Cyrille Bissette]], deputy and one of the fathers of the abolition of slavery in Martinique
* [[Auguste-François Perrinon]], Abolitionist Member of Parliament
* [[Pierre-Marie Pory-Papy]], first black Martinician to become a lawyer, a mayor of Saint-Pierre and Abolitionist Member of Parliament<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dessalles|first=Pierre|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32856639|title=Sugar and slavery, family and race : the letters and diary of Pierre Dessalles, planter in Martinique, 1808-1856|date=1996|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|others=Elborg Forster, Robert Forster|isbn=978-0-8018-5153-7|location=Baltimore|page=35|oclc=32856639}}</ref>
* [[Victor Mazuline]], first black Martinican elected Member of Parliament
* [[Léopold Bissol]], deputy and one of the founders of the communist movement in Martinique and the [[General Confederation of Labour (France)|CGT]] Martinique union
* [[Aimé Césaire]], Deputy Mayor of [[Fort-de-France]] and President of the Regional Council
* [[Camille Darsières]], Member of Parliament and President of the Regional Council
* [[Louis Delgrès]], known for the anti-Slavery proclamation signed with his name, dated 10 May 1802, and leading resistance on Guadeloupe to reoccupation and thus the reinstitution of [[slavery]] by [[First French Empire|Napoleonic France]] in 1802.
* [[Alcide Delmont]], Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies of the nineteenth and nineteenth century, in the government of [[André Tardieu]]<ref>{{Cite journal|title=France and Belgium|journal=[[Current History]]|volume=38|issue=4|page=482|via=}}</ref>
* [[Ernest Deproge]], Member of Parliament for Martinique (1882–1898), President of the General Council and a controversial figure of French colonization<ref>{{cite web|title=Le buste d'Ernest Deproge déboulonné à Fort-de-France|url=https://www.rci.fm/martinique/infos/Societe/Le-buste-dErnest-Deproge-deboulonne-Fort-de-France|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201220406/https://www.rci.fm/martinique/infos/Societe/Le-buste-dErnest-Deproge-deboulonne-Fort-de-France|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=1 December 2021|website=RCI|language=French}}</ref>
* [[Osman Duquesnay]], Mayor of Fort-de-France and Member of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|title=Osman Duquesnay|url=https://azmartinique.com/en/node/1874|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128190904/https://azmartinique.com/en/node/1874|archive-date=28 November 2021|access-date=28 November 2021|website=AZ Martinique|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[François Duval (politician)|François Duval]], Senator from 1968 to 1977, Mayor of François and President of the General Council
* [[Georges Gratiant]], Mayor of Lamentin and President of the General Council<ref>{{cite web|title=Lamentin {{!}} AZ Martinique|url=https://azmartinique.com/en/life-in-martinique/municipalities/lamentin|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128200808/https://azmartinique.com/en/life-in-martinique/municipalities/lamentin|archive-date=28 November 2021|access-date=28 November 2021|website=azmartinique.com}}</ref>
* [[Marius Hurard]], deputy and founder of the secular school in Martinique<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the French Caribbean Woman from Martinique, the "poto mitan"|url=https://azmartinique.com/en/all-to-know/studies-research/history-of-the-french-caribbean-woman-from-martinique-the-poto-mitan|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128200808/https://azmartinique.com/en/all-to-know/studies-research/history-of-the-french-caribbean-woman-from-martinique-the-poto-mitan|archive-date=28 November 2021|access-date=28 November 2021|website=AZ Martinique|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Lagrosillière]], deputy and founder of the socialist movement in Martinique<ref>{{cite web|title=La Martinique durant la Première Guerre Mondiale|url=https://azmartinique.com/en/node/1753|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128200808/https://azmartinique.com/en/node/1753|archive-date=28 November 2021|access-date=28 November 2021|website=AZ Martinique|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Pierre-Alexandre Le Camus]], Count of Fürstenstein (born in Martinique in 1774, died in 1824 in [[Le Chesnay]]), [[Secretary of State (France)|Secretary of State]] and foreign minister to [[Kingdom of Westphalia]].
* [[Henry Lémery]], [[Justice minister|Justice Minister]] in the government of [[Gaston Doumergue]], Martinician appointed minister in a French government.
* [[Émile Maurice]], Mayor of Saint-Joseph and [[President of the General Council of Martinique|President of the General Council]]
* [[Camille Petit (politician)|Camille Petit]], deputy and founder of the [[Gaullism|Gaullist]] movement in Martinique
* [[Pierre Petit (politician)|Pierre Petit]], Mayor of [[Le Morne-Rouge]] and Member of Parliament
* [[Marie-Joseph Pernock]] served in the National Assembly from 1966 to 1967.
* [[Michel Renard]], Mayor of Marigot and Deputy
* [[Victor Sévère]], Deputy Mayor of Fort-de-France
* [[Paul Symphor]], President of the General Council 1947–1948 and Senator
* [[Victor Schœlcher]] (died 1893), deputy of Martinique, 1848–1849 and 1871–1875, known for having acted in favor of the definitive [[abolition of slavery in France]], via the decree of abolition of 1848
* [[Emmanuel Véry-Hermence]] 1902–1966, member of the National Assembly