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{{Short description|French politician}}
{{See also|Pujo (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox biography
| birth_name = Pierre Maurice Alexis Adrien Pujo
| death_place = [[14th arrondissement of Paris]]
}}

'''Pierre Pujo''', born on November 19, 1929, in [[Boulogne-Billancourt]] and died on November 10, 2007, in [[14th arrondissement of Paris|Paris's 14th arrondissement]],<ref>[https://deces.matchid.io/id/eRzzM0sNOs2T Death record from the INSEE database]</ref> was a [[journalist]], [[essayist]], [[media proprietor]], [[politician]], and [[activist]] with a [[Royalism in France|royalist]] background in [[France]].

He was the son of [[Maurice Pujo]] (co-founder of the ''[[Revue d'Action française]]'' alongside [[Charles Maurras]] in 1899) and Élisabeth Bernard.<ref name="valynseele">Maternal lineage sourced from ''À la découverte de leurs racines,'' Volume I, chapter "Maurice Pujo," by Joseph Valynseele and Denis Grando, L'Intermédiaire des Chercheurs et Curieux, 1988.</ref>

== Biography ==
During the Occupation, Pujo attended the Jesuit college in [[Lyon]], and after the [[Liberation of France|Liberation]], he transferred to the [[Collège Stanislas de Paris|Collège Stanislas]] in Paris. At the age of 15, he began his activism with the [[Action française]]. Later, he joined the [[Institut d'études politiques de Paris]], where he was a classmate of [[Jacques Chirac]].<ref>[[Michel Fromentoux]], "Pierre Pujo n'est plus," ''[[L'Action française 2000]]'' {{Issue|2736|date=December 2024}}, November 15, 2007.</ref>

After earning a law degree and a degree in literature, Pujo trained at the Institut technique de banque (ITB) and embarked on a banking career, working for eleven years at [[Crédit Lyonnais]].<ref>Obituary of Pierre Pujo, in ''[[Lectures françaises]]'' {{Issue|608|date=December 2024}}, December 2007.</ref>

From 1962 to 1966, he directed the student journal of the [[Restauration nationale (France)|Restauration nationale]], ''[[AF Université]]'', and later the weekly ''[[Aspects de la France]]'', which became ''[[L'Action française hebdo]]'' in 1992. His editorials, titled "Lessons in French Politics," appeared regularly in the publication.

Pujo served as the president of the Action française's steering committee and as the director of the biweekly royalist, [[nationalist]], and [[sovereigntist]] journal ''[[L'Action française 2000]]'' (formerly ''L'Action française hebdo''), which was affiliated with the [[Centre royaliste d'Action française]]. He authored several works chronicling the history of the [[Action française]] movement, co-founded by his father, Maurice Pujo, alongside [[Henri Vaugeois]] and [[Charles Maurras]]. A firm believer in the royalist tradition originating with the Capetians, he supported the legitimacy of the House of Orléans.

Occasionally, Pujo wrote under the pseudonym "Jacques Cépoy",<ref name="cepoy">The pseudonym "Jacques Cépoy" was inspired by the town of [[Cepoy]], located near [[Ferrières-en-Gâtinais]] (Loiret), where Maurice Pujo was born and where Pierre Pujo stayed periodically.</ref> particularly when penning editorials for ''[[L'Action française 2000]]''.

Key moments in his career included opposition to [[Algerian independence]] and his successful efforts to retain the [[Mayotte|island of Mayotte]] within the French national community in 1976.<ref>[https://www.linternaute.com/actualite/dossier/07/carnet-deces/novembre/pierre-pujo.shtml Portrait of Pierre Pujo on the ''L'Intern@ute'' portal]</ref> Later, he critically observed the rise of the [[National Front (France)|National Front]].

In 2002, Pujo endorsed [[Jean-Pierre Chevènement]] in the first round of the presidential election, attracted by Chevènement’s traditional and patriotic approach to politics.<ref>[http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/politique/20071110.OBS4104/deces_dun_dirigeant_historique_de_laction_francaise.html "Death of a historical leader of Action française"], ''[[Nouvel Observateur]]'', November 10, 2007.</ref> In 2007, he supported [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] due to Le Pen’s opposition to the [[Lisbon Treaty]],<ref>"Votez… sans illusions!", ''L'Action française 2000'' {{Issue|2723|date=December 2024}}, April 19, 2007.</ref> though he expressed reservations about Le Pen, particularly regarding the commemoration of the [[Battle of Valmy]] by the National Front in September 2006.<ref>"Le dernier des [[Ralliement (Catholic Church in France)|ralliés]]," ''L'Action française 2000'' {{Issue|2710|date=December 2024}}, October 5, 2006.</ref>

He had a sister, Marielle Pujo.

==Works==
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* ''Aspects de la Vie Politique'' (4 vols., 1968).
* ''La Droite Nationale et Nous'' (1969).
* ''Actualité de la Monarchie'' (1974).
* ''Mayotte 79. La France dans l'Océan Indien'' (1979).
* ''L'Action Française et la Maison de France'' (1987).
* ''La Monarchie aujourd'hui'' (1988).
* Postface to a new edition of Maurice Pujo's ''Les Camelots du Roi'' (1989).
* ''Mayotte la Française'' (1993).
* Preface to François Marie Algoud's ''France, Notre Seule Patrie'' (2001).
* ''Un Demi-siècle d'Action Française, 1944-1999'' (1999).
* ''L'Autre Résistance: L'Action Française sous l'Occupation'' (2004).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/dossier/07/carnet-deces/novembre/pierre-pujo.shtml Portrait of Pierre Pujo]

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