Louis-Charles Bary

Louis-Charles Bary (16 September 1926 – 31 January 2023) was a French trade unionist and politician. Biography Early life and education Born in Meudon on 16 September 1926, Bary was raised in a family of an industrialist father and a stay-at-home mother. In 1939, his family moved to Yonne, near his father's factories. In his youth, he joined the , of which he became leader for the entire west of Île-de-France. After graduating from the Lycée Pasteur, he studied at Sciences Po and earned his diploma in 1948. Career After his studies, Bary became a textile worker and joined the Syndicat français des textiles artificiels et synthétiques, of which he served as General Secretary from 1962 to 1966, general delegate from 1966 to 1972, vice-president from 1972 to 1974, and president from 1974 to 1987. He was also president of the Union des industries textiles from 1986 to 1991.