Georges Pompidou
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| In office 15 June 1969 – 2 April 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Charles de Gaulle followed by Alain Poher (interim) |
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| Succeeded by | Alain Poher (interim)followed by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
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151st Prime Minister of France
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| In office 14 April 1962 – 10 July 1968 |
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| President | Charles de Gaulle |
| Preceded by | Michel Debré |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Couve de Murville |
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| Born | 5 July 1911 Montboudif |
| Died | 2 April 1974 Paris |
| Political party | UDR |
| Spouse | Claude Pompidou |
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Montboudif, Cantal. After his khâgne at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where he befriended Senegalese poet and statesman Leopold Sedar Senghor, he graduated from the École Normale Supérieure with a degree of Agrégation in literature.
He first taught literature at a lycée until hired in 1953 by Guy de Rothschild to work at de Rothschild Frères. In 1956, he was appointed the bank's general manager, a position he held until 1962. Later, he was hired by Charles de Gaulle to manage the Anne De Gaulle Foundation for Down's Syndrome (de Gaulle's daughter Anne had the disease). He served as prime minister under De Gaulle after Michel Debré resigned, from 16 April 1962 to 13 July 1968, and to this day is the longest serving French prime minister under the Fifth Republic. Pompidou was widely regarded as having been responsible for the peaceful resolution of the student demonstrations of May 1968.
After 1968 Pompidou decided to take a pause from politics and notified president de Gaulle. He would then change his mind, but the president said no, with the motivation that it was too late for Pompidou to change his mind. Their relationship, until then very good, would be strained from then on. The bitterness increased when Pompidou refused to support the president in the 1969 referendum.
After de Gaulle's resignation in 1969, Pompidou was elected president of France, defeating Acting President Alain Poher. Though a Gaullist, Pompidou was more pragmatic than de Gaulle, notably allowing the United Kingdom to join the European Community in 1973. He was sceptical about the "New Society" programme of his prime minister, Jacques Chaban-Delmas. In 1972, Chaban-Delmas was replaced by Pierre Messmer.
Pompidou unexpectedly died from Lukemia in 1974 while in office.
Pompidou had one foster son, Alain Pompidou, now president of the European Patent Office.
[edit] Pompidou's first Ministry, 4 November - 28 November 1962
- Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
- Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Pierre Messmer - Minister of Armies
- Roger Frey - Minister of the Interior
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
- Michel Maurice-Bokanowski - Minister of Industry
- Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour
- Jean Foyer - Minister of Justice
- Pierre Sudreau - Minister of National Education
- Raymond Triboulet - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Edgard Pisani - Minister of Agriculture
- Louis Jacquinot - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
- Robert Buron - Minister of Public Works and Transport
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of Public Health and Population
- Pierre Pflimlin - Minister of Cooperation
- Jacques Marette - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Gaston Palewski - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
- Jacques Maziol - Minister of Construction
- Louis Joxe - Minister of Algerian Affairs
Changes
- 15 May 1962 - Gilbert Grandval succeeds Bacon as Minister of Labour. Roger Dusseaulx succeeds Buron as Minister of Public Works and Transport. Raymond Marcellin succeeds Fontanet as Minister of Public Health and Population. Georges Gorse succeeds Pflimlin as Minister of Cooperation.
- 15 October 1962 - Louis Joxe succeeds Sudreau as interim Minister of National Education
[edit] Pompidou's second Ministry, 28 November 1962 - 8 January 1966
- Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
- Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Pierre Messmer - Minister of Armies
- Roger Frey - Minister of the Interior
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
- Michel Maurice-Bokanowski - Minister of Industry
- Gilbert Grandval - Minister of Labour
- Jean Foyer - Minister of Justice
- Christian Fouchet - Minister of National Education
- Jean Sainteney - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- François Missoffe - Minister of Repatriates
- André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Edgard Pisani - Minister of Agriculture
- Louis Jacquinot - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
- Marc Jacquet - Minister of Public Works and Transport
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Public Health and Population
- Jacques Marette - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Information
- Gaston Palewski - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
- Louis Joxe - Minister of Administrative Reform
- Jacques Maziol - Minister of Construction
Changes
- 23 July 1964 - François Missoffe leaves the cabinet. He is not replaced as Minister of Repatriates
- 22 February 1965 - Gaston Palewski leaves the ministry and is not replaced.
[edit] Pompidou's third Ministry, 8 January 1966 - 6 April 1967
- Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
- Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Pierre Messmer - Minister of Armies
- Roger Frey - Minister of the Interior
- Michel Debré - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Industry
- Gilbert Grandval - Minister of Labour
- Jean Foyer - Minister of Justice
- Christian Fouchet - Minister of National Education
- Alexandre Sanguinetti - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Edgar Faure - Minister of Agriculture
- François Missoffe - Minister of Youth and Sports
- Pierre Billotte - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
- Edgard Pisani - Minister of Equipment
- Marc Jacquet - Minister of Public Works and Transport
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Public Health and Population
- Jacques Marette - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Louis Joxe - Minister of Administrative Reform
- Jean-Marcel Jeanneney - Minister of Social Affairs
[edit] Pompidou's fourth Ministry, 6 April 1967 - 30 May 1968
- Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
- Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Pierre Messmer - Minister of Armies
- Christian Fouchet - Minister of the Interior
- Michel Debré - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Olivier Guichard - Minister of Industry
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
- Louis Joxe - Minister of Justice
- Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of National Education
- Henri Duvillard - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Edgar Faure - Minister of Agriculture
- François Missoffe - Minister of Youth and Sports
- Pierre Billotte - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
- Edgard Pisani - Minister of Equipment and Housing
- Jean Chamant - Minister of Transport
- Roger Frey - Minister of Relations with Parliament
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Public Health and Population
- Yves Guéna - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Georges Gorse - Minister of Information
- Edmond Michelet - Minister of Civil Service
- Maurice Schumann - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
- Jean-Marcel Jeanneney - Minister of Social Affairs
Changes
- 28 April 1967 - François-Xavier Ortoli succeeds Pisani as Minister of Equipment and Housing.
[edit] Pompidou's fifth Ministry, 30 May - 10 July 1968
- Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
- Michel Debré - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Pierre Messmer - Minister of Armies
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of the Interior
- Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Economy and Finance
- Albin Chalandon - Minister of Industry
- Joseph Fontanet - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
- René Capitant - Minister of Justice
- François-Xavier Ortoli - Minister of National Education
- Henri Duvillard - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
- André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Edgar Faure - Minister of Agriculture
- Roland Nungesser - Minister of Youth and Sports
- Joël Le Theule - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
- Jean Chamant - Minister of Transport
- Roger Frey - Minister of Relations with Parliament
- Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Public Health and Population
- Robert Galley - Minister of Housing
- André Bettencourt - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Yves Guéna - Minister of Information
- Robert Boulin - Minister of Civil Service
- Christian de la Malène - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
- Maurice Schumann - Minister of Social Affairs
[edit] Writings by Georges Pompidou
Anthologie de la Poésie Française, Livre de Poche/Hachette, 1961
[edit] See also
| Preceded by: Michel Debré |
Prime Minister of France 1962–1968 |
Succeeded by: Maurice Couve de Murville |
| Preceded by: Alain Poher (Interim President) |
President of France 1969–1974 |
Succeeded by: Alain Poher (Interim President) |
| Preceded by: Charles de Gaulle and Ramon Iglesias i Navarri |
Co-Prince of Andorra 1969-1974 with Ramón Malla Call (1969-1971) and Joan Martí Alanis (1971-1974) |
Succeeded by: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Joan Martí Alanis |
| Presidents of the French Fifth Republic |  |
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| Charles de Gaulle • Georges Pompidou • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing • François Mitterrand • Jacques Chirac
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| Prime Ministers of the French Fifth Republic | |
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| Michel Debré • Georges Pompidou • Maurice Couve de Murville • Jacques Chaban-Delmas • Pierre Messmer • Jacques Chirac • Raymond Barre • Pierre Mauroy • Laurent Fabius • Jacques Chirac • Michel Rocard • Édith Cresson • Pierre Bérégovoy • Édouard Balladur • Alain Juppé • Lionel Jospin • Jean-Pierre Raffarin • Dominique de Villepin
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