Pierre Messmer

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Pierre Messmer was a French Gaullist politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France in the early 1970s and held several key ministerial posts during the Fifth Republic.

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Pierre Messmer canonical 2

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instanceOf French politician
Gaullist politician
Prime Minister of France
human
awardReceived Companion of the Liberation
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945
linked to: Croix de Guerre

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (France)
Médaille de la Résistance
burialPlace Les Invalides
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1916-03-20
dateOfDeath 2007-08-29
educatedAt Lycée Condorcet
Sciences Po
École nationale d'administration
era French Fifth Republic
familyName Messmer
givenName Pierre
languageSpoken French
memberOf French Resistance
Gaullist movement
linked to: Gaullism

Rally for the Republic
Union of Democrats for the Republic
militaryBranch Free French Forces
notableFor leadership as Prime Minister of France in the early 1970s
notableWork post-war French decolonisation policy (as minister)
officeEnd 1974-05-27
officeStart 1972-07-06
placeOfBirth Vincennes
placeOfDeath Paris
politicalAlignment Gaullism
positionHeld Deputy in the National Assembly of France
Mayor of Sarrebourg
Minister of Armies of France
Minister of Defence of France
Minister of Overseas France
Prime Minister of France
precededBy Jacques Chaban-Delmas
religion Roman Catholicism
servedUnder Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
sexOrGender male
spouse Josée de Chambrun
succeededBy Jacques Chirac

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Union of Democrats for the Republic notableMember Pierre Messmer
subject linked to: UDR