Michel Debré
Michel Debré | |
|---|---|
Debré in 1960 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 8 January 1959 – 14 April 1962 | |
| President | Charles de Gaulle |
| Preceded by | Charles de Gaulle |
| Succeeded by | Georges Pompidou |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 22 June 1969 – 5 April 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacques Chaban-Delmas Pierre Messmer |
| Preceded by | Pierre Messmer |
| Succeeded by | Robert Galley |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 31 May 1968 – 16 June 1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Georges Pompidou Maurice Couve de Murville |
| Preceded by | Maurice Couve de Murville |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Schumann |
| Minister of the Economy and Finance | |
| In office 8 January 1966 – 31 May 1968 | |
| Prime Minister | Georges Pompidou |
| Preceded by | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Couve de Murville |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 26 November 1962 – 14 May 1988 | |
| Constituency | Réunion |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michel Jean-Pierre Debré 15 January 1912 Paris, France |
| Died | 2 August 1996 (aged 84) Montlouis-sur-Loire, Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Political party | Radical-Socialist Party (1934–1947) Rally of the French People (1947–1955) Union for the New Republic (1958–1968) Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1976) Rally for the Republic (1976–1988) |
| Spouse |
Anne-Marie Lemaresquier
(m. 1936) |
| Children | Vincent (b. 1939) François (b. 1942) Bernard (b. 1944) Jean-Louis (b. 1944) |
| Alma mater | École Libre des Sciences Politiques University of Paris |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Awards | Legion of Honour War Cross |
| Signature | |
| Website | Government profile site |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | French Third Republic (1939-1940) Vichy France (1940-1942) Free France (1943-1945) |
| Branch/service | French Army |
| Years of service | 1939–1945 |
| Rank | Commissioner of the Republic Lieutenant |
| Unit | French Cavalry |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Michel Jean-Pierre Debré (French: [miʃɛl dəbʁe]; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962. In terms of political personality, Debré was intense and immovable and had a tendency to rhetorical extremism.