Maurice Schumann

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Maurice Schumann (1911-1998) was a French politician and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and 1970s.

Born to a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother, he converted to his mother's faith in 1937.

During a meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Community in 1969, he stated France's conditions for Britain joining the community on its third application, i.e. questions of agricultural finance had to be settled first.

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• Interview about the French nuclear program for the WGBH series, War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
• ordredelaliberation.fr

Preceded by Gaston Palewski	Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions 1967–1968	Succeeded by Christian de la Malène
Preceded by Jean-Marcel Jeanneney	Minister of Social Affairs 1968–1969	Succeeded by —
Preceded by Michel Debré	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1969–1973	Succeeded by André Bettencourt

Preceded by Wladimir d'Ormesson

Seat 13 Académie française 1974-1998

Succeeded by Pierre Messmer