Thierry Choffat

Thierry Choffat (19 May 1968 – 6 September 2021) was a French political scientist. He specialized in syndicalism, the far right, the far left, and Bonapartism.

Thierry Choffat
Born	19 May 1968 France
Died	6 September 2021(2021-09-06) (aged 53) Golbey, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Political scientist

Biography

Choffat earned a degree in public law from the University of Rennes 1 and obtained a doctorate in political science.^[1] He became a lecturer at the University of Lorraine and joined the Association française de science politique [fr]. He served on the council of administrators of the Souvenir napoléonien. In 2010, he became President of the Vosges Napoléoniennes, an association re-enacting events from the department of Vosges.^[2]

A Bonapartist activist, Choffat co-founded the political party Rassemblement bonapartiste in 1992. The party dissolved in 1996 and he subsequently co-founded Avenir France République, under which he stood in the 1997 French legislative election, garnering 3% of the vote in Doubs's 3rd constituency. In 2000, he founded France bonapartiste, of which he served as Vice-President.^[3] In 2008, he was elected Deputy Mayor of Fraimbois,^[4] as well as community councilor in Mortagne.^[5] In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran for Departmental Councilor of Canton of Lunéville-2.^[6]

Choffat joined the Gaullist party Debout la France. In 2013, he was elected to the party's national council.^[7] However, he subsequently left the party due to its shift to the right. He became Vice-President of the party L'Appel au Peuple,^[8] founded on 4 May 2021 by David Saforcada.^[9]

Thierry Choffat died in Golbey on 6 September 2021 at the age of 53.^[10]

Books

• Les élections présidentielles de 1995 (1997)
• Les Francs-Comtois et l'Empire (2004)
• Les syndiqués en France (2007)
• Les Comtois de Napoléon (2010)
• La Bérézina. Suisses et Français dans la tourmente de 1812 (2012)
• Les syndicats catégoriels : CGC, USS-Solidaires, FSU, UNSA. Les syndicats en France (2012)
• Les partis de la gauche anticapitaliste en Europe (2012)
• Les origines bonapartistes de la Participation (2013)
• Le mouvement bonapartiste de 1870 à 2014 (2014)
• Michel Ney, le Brave des Braves (2015)
• Antoine Drouot, Le Sage de la Grande Armée (2017)
• Drouot, Le Sage de la Grande armée (2019)

References

1. Munter, Laurence (7 September 2021). "Thierry Choffat, président des Vosges napoléoniennes, est décédé". Vosges Matin (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
2. Lesur, Sabine (16 October 2015). "L'exil vosgien de Napoléon". Vosges Matin (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
3. "Entretien avec Thierry CHOFFAT ..." France bonapartiste (in French).
4. "Les élus". Fraimbois (in French). Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
5. "Conseillers communautaires". Communauté de Communes de la Mortagne (in French). Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
6. Ambrosi, Catherine (10 March 2015). "Elections départementales, canton de Lunéville 2 : à l'ombre des mirabelliers". L'Est républicain (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
7. "David Saforcada". Canablog (in French).
8. Destailleurs-Henry, Christopher (4 May 2021). "Naissance du mouvement "L'Appel au Peuple"". L'Appel du Peuple (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
9. "Le Bureau National". L'Appel du Peuple (in French).
10. "Thierry Choffat, Président de l'association des Vosges Napoléoniennes est décédé". Épinal Infos (in French). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.