Robert Lecourt

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Robert Lecourt (September 19, 1908-August 9, 2004) was a French politician and lawyer, judge and the fourth President of the European Court of Justice.

Lecourt was born in Seine-Maritime, France, in 1908. He began his career as an Avocat at the Cour d’appel de Paris (Court of Appeal, Paris), during the war, he was a member of the Underground Management Committee of the movement ‘Résistance’ and member of the National Liberation Movement. After the war, he became a member of the Provisional Consultative Assembly; deputy for Paris (1945-58); deputy for Hautes-Alpes (November 1958); Minister for Justice (on several occasions between 1948 and 1958); Minister responsible for aid and cooperation between France and the Member States of the Community, subsequently for the overseas départements and territories and Sahara (January 1959-August 1961); Member of the Executive Committee of the European Movement. In 1962 he became a judge at the European Court of Justice, and in 1967 its President. Lecourt retired in 1976; and died in 2004 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Preceded by Charles Léon Hammes	President of the European Court of Justice 1958–1976	Succeeded by Hans Kutscher
Preceded by André Marie	Minister of Justice of France June 26, 1948–September 11, 1948	Succeeded by André Marie
Preceded by André Marie	Minister of Justice of France February 13, 1949–October 28, 1949	Succeeded by René Mayer
Preceded by Édouard Corniglion-Molinier	Minister of Justice of France November 6, 1957–June 1, 1958	Succeeded by Michel Debré

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• Former Members, Europan Court of Justice official website.