Pierre Messmer

Pierre Messmer
Pierre Messmer in 1988
Prime Minister of France
In office
5 July 1972 – 27 May 1974
PresidentGeorges Pompidou
Alain Poher (Acting)
Preceded byJacques Chaban-Delmas
Succeeded byJacques Chirac
Personal details
Born
Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer

20 March 1916
Vincennes, Seine (now Val-de-Marne), France
Died29 August 2007(2007-08-29) (aged 91)
Paris, France
Political partyUDR
OccupationCivil Servant

Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ mɛsmɛʁ]; 20 March 1916 – 29 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV – and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974. A member of the French Foreign Legion, he was considered one of the historical Gaullists, and died aged 91 in the military hospital of the Val-de-Grâce in August 2007. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1999; his seat was taken over by Simone Veil.[1]

  1. ^ Thomas Ferenczi, Le gaulliste Pierre Messmer est mort Archived 8 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Le Monde, 29 August 2007 (in French)

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