Michel Poniatowski

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Michel Poniatowski
Michel Poniatowski (left) with Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba in 1976
Minister of State, Minister of the Interior
In office 28 May 1974 – 29 March 1977
President	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Prime Minister	Raymond Barre Jacques Chirac
Preceded by	Jacques Chirac
Succeeded by	Christian Bonnet
Minister of Health
In office 5 April 1973 – 27 May 1974
President	Georges Pompidou
Prime Minister	Pierre Messmer
Preceded by	Jean Foyer
Succeeded by	Simone Veil
Personal details
Born	(1922-05-16)16 May 1922 Paris, France
Died	15 January 2002(2002-01-15) (aged 79) Le Rouret, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Political party	UDF
Spouse	Gilberte de Chavagnac
Children	Ladislas Poniatowski Isabelle Poniatowski Axel Poniatowski Bruno Poniatowski
Education	Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
Alma mater	École nationale d'administration

Michel Poniatowski (16 May 1922 – 15 January 2002) was a French politician, member of a legitimized line of Poland's princely Poniatowski family. He was a founder of the Independent Republicans and a part of the administration for President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Poniatowski served as Minister of Health from 1973 to 1974 and Minister of the Interior in the Giscard d'Estaing government from 1974 to 1977. He was a founder and honorary president of the Union for French Democracy (Union pour la Démocratie Française, UDF).