Edgar Faure
Edgar Faure | |
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Edgar Faure in 1955 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956 | |
| President | René Coty |
| Preceded by | Pierre Mendès France |
| Succeeded by | Guy Mollet |
| In office 20 January 1952 – 8 March 1952 | |
| President | Vincent Auriol |
| Preceded by | René Pleven |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Pinay |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 2 April 1973 – 2 April 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Achille Peretti |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edgar Jean Faure 18 August 1908 Béziers, France |
| Died | 30 March 1988 (aged 79) 7th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Political party | Radical Party (1929–1956; 1958–1965; 1977–1988) |
| Other political affiliations | Union for the New Republic (1965–1967) Union of Democrats for the Republic (1967–1977) Rally for the Republic (1977) |
| Spouse | Lucie Meyer |
Edgar Jean Faure (French: [ɛdɡaʁ ʒɑ̃ fɔʁ] ⓘ; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956. Prior to his election to the National Assembly for Jura under the Fourth Republic in 1946, he was a member of the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) in Algiers (1943–1944). A Radical, Faure was married to writer Lucie Meyer. In 1978, he was elected to the Académie Française.