Edgar Faure
Edgar Faure | |
|---|---|
 Edgar Faure at the Geneva Summit (1955) | |
| President of the French National Assembly | |
| In office 2 April 1973 – 2 April 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Achille Peretti |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 20 January 1952 – 8 March 1952 | |
| President | Vincent Auriol |
| Preceded by | René Pleven |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Pinay |
| In office 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956 | |
| President | René Coty |
| Preceded by | Pierre Mendès-France |
| Succeeded by | Guy Mollet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1908 Béziers, France |
| Died | 30 March 1988 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Radical |
Edgar Faure (French: [ɛdɡaʁ foʁ]; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.[1] From 1973 to 1978, he was President of the French National Assembly. He was also Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again from 1955 to 1956.
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- ↑ Edgar Faure. Encyclopædia Britannica
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