Adrien Marquet (; 6 October 18843 February 1955) was a socialist mayor of Bordeaux who turned to the far right.

Career Marquet was born in Bordeaux and became its socialist mayor in 1925. In 1933, he was expelled from the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).Choice and democratic order By Bruce Desmond Graham, pgs 60-61 The expulsion involved an address to the SFIO in which he emphasized order and authority as necessary to win the masses; his position frightened Léon Blum.Léon Blum by Joel Colton, pg 86 He and Marcel Déat then formed the Neosocialists. Later, he declared the faction to be decidedly anti-Marxist. Neither right nor left by Zeev Sternhell, David Maisel, pg 170 He eventually abandoned any form of socialism and briefly served as Minister of the Interior for Philippe Pétain.From the other shore By André Liebich, pg 270 Later, like Déat, he became a supporter of Pierre Laval.

See also List of mayors of Bordeaux

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