After his studies at the Enseignement primaire supérieur de Pau, he worked as a teacher at the academic inspectorate of
Basses-Pyrénées. After his compulsory service with the , he was incorporated into the
Service du travail obligatoire, from which he escaped. After the
Liberation, Bidouze became secretary of the
Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France, which he had joined during the time of the
Popular Front and the
Spanish Civil War. He then became a member of the federal bureau of the
French Communist Party, then served as federal secretary from 1950 to 1952. Successful in the indirect contributions competition, he made a career in this administration in
Pau from 1942 to 1952 and later in
Île-de-France. After passing the principal inspector competition, he ended his career as a tax collector
Aisne in 1959. He retired from public service in 1981. From 1958 to 1978, Bidouze held responsibility in the federal offices of the CGT. He was Secretary-General of the
Finance Federation. During this time, he was Vice-President of , as well as Vice-President of the Association des juristes démocrates. He became a member of the upon its creation in 1982. René Bidouze died in
Paris on 13 November 2022, at the age of 99. ==References==