Michel Poniatowski

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Michel Poniatowski (16 May 1922 in Paris, France – 16 January 2002 in Opio, France). He was a Polish Prince and French politician. He was a founder of the Independent Republicans and a part of the government of President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Poniatowski served as Minister of Health from 1973 to 1974 and Minister of the Interior in the d'Estaing government from 1974 to 1977. He also was a founder and honorary president of the UDF.

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[edit] Biography and Early Career

Prince Michel Poniatowski was descended from the Polish Royal Family, which included one of Napoleon's Marshalls, Joseph Poniatowski. His parents were Prince Charles–Casimir Poniatowski and Princess Anne de Caraman–Chimay.

Poniatowski attended the ENA for finance and began his career in Morroco, later becoming a finance attaché in Washington, DC in 1956.

From 1959 to 1962, he was the director of the cabinet of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

[edit] Political career

Represented Val-d'Oise as Independent Republican in 1967.

Represented L'Isle-Adam (France) in 1971.

[edit] Minister of the Interior

Succeeded Jaques Chirac on 24 May 1974, and served the post until 1977

[edit] Sources

Mémoires, Plon (Paris)/Le Rocher (Monaco), 1997.


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