Maurice Couve de Murville

Maurice Couve de Murville
Prime Minister of France
In office 10 July 1968 – 20 June 1969
President	Charles de Gaulle Alain Poher (Acting)
Preceded by	Georges Pompidou
Succeeded by	Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office 31 May 1968 – 10 July 1968
Prime Minister	Georges Pompidou
Preceded by	Michel Debré
Succeeded by	François-Xavier Ortoli
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 June 1958 – 30 May 1968
Prime Minister	Charles de Gaulle Michel Debré Georges Pompidou
Preceded by	René Pleven
Succeeded by	Michel Debré
Senator for Paris
In office 28 September 1986 – 1 October 1995
Member of the National Assembly for Paris 6th constituency
In office 11 March 1973 – 1 April 1986
Preceded by	Raymond Bousquet
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
In office 23 June 1968 – 10 August 1968
Preceded by	Raymond Bousquet
Succeeded by	Raymond Bousquet
Personal details
Born	Maurice Couve (1907-01-24)24 January 1907 Reims, France
Died	24 December 1999(1999-12-24) (aged 92) Paris, France
Political party	UDR
Spouse	Jacqueline Schweisguth
Children	Juliette Dorothée Béatrice
Occupation	Military Diplomat Civil Servant Politician

Jacques-Maurice Couve de Murville (French: [mɔʁis kuv də myʁvil, moʁ-]; 24 January 1907 – 24 December 1999) was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle. As foreign minister he played the leading role in the critical Franco-German treaty of cooperation in 1963, he laid the foundation for the Paris-Bonn axis that was central in building a united Europe.