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Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 2 April 1974) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
. He was Prime Minister of France
Prime Minister of France

The Prime Minister of France in French Fifth Republic is the functional head of the government and French government ministers of France. The head of state in France is the President of the French Republic....
 from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic
President of the French Republic

The President of the French Republic colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France's elected Head of State....
 from 1969 until his death in 1974.

as born in the commune of Montboudif
Montboudif

Montboudif is a commune in France in the Cantal d?partement in France in south-central France. Population : 231.It was the birthplace of Georges Pompidou , President of France from 1969 until his death....
, in the department of Cantal
Cantal

Cantal is a departments of France in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department....
 in central France. After his khâgne
Khâgne

Kh?gne is an informal term used by France students for classes pr?paratoires litt?raires, the two year cycle of classes taken after the baccalaur?at [which is taken at age 17-18] to prepare for the difficult entrance examination to the ?cole Normale Sup?rieure....
 at Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Lycée Louis-le-Grand

The Lyc?e Louis-le-Grand is a public secondary school located in Paris, widely regarded as one of the most demanding in France. Formerly known as the Coll?ge de Clermont, it was named in king Louis XIV of France's honor after he visited the school and offered his patronage....
, where he befriended Senegalese poet and statesman
Statesman

A statesman or stateswoman or statesperson is usually a politician or other notable figure of state who has had a long and respected career in politics at the national and international level....
 Léopold Sedar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor

L?opold S?dar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who served as the first List of Presidents of Senegal of Senegal ....
, he graduated from the École Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure

The ?cole normale sup?rieure is a France Grandes ?coles . The ENS was initially conceived during the French Revolution, and intended to provide the First French Republic with a new body of teacher, trained in the critical spirit and secular values of the the Enlightenment....
 with a degree of Agrégation
Agrégation

In France, the agr?gation is a French Civil Service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system. The laureates are known as agr?g?s....
 in literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
.

He first taught literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
 at a lycée until hired in 1953 by Guy de Rothschild
Guy de Rothschild

Baron Guy ?douard Alphonse Paul de Rothschild was a French banker and member of the Rothschild family. He chaired the bank de Rothschild Fr?res from 1967 to 1979, when it was nationalized by the French government, and maintained possessions in other French and foreign companies including Imerys....
 to work at de Rothschild Frères.






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Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 2 April 1974) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
. He was Prime Minister of France
Prime Minister of France

The Prime Minister of France in French Fifth Republic is the functional head of the government and French government ministers of France. The head of state in France is the President of the French Republic....
 from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic
President of the French Republic

The President of the French Republic colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France's elected Head of State....
 from 1969 until his death in 1974.

Biography

He was born in the commune of Montboudif
Montboudif

Montboudif is a commune in France in the Cantal d?partement in France in south-central France. Population : 231.It was the birthplace of Georges Pompidou , President of France from 1969 until his death....
, in the department of Cantal
Cantal

Cantal is a departments of France in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department....
 in central France. After his khâgne
Khâgne

Kh?gne is an informal term used by France students for classes pr?paratoires litt?raires, the two year cycle of classes taken after the baccalaur?at [which is taken at age 17-18] to prepare for the difficult entrance examination to the ?cole Normale Sup?rieure....
 at Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Lycée Louis-le-Grand

The Lyc?e Louis-le-Grand is a public secondary school located in Paris, widely regarded as one of the most demanding in France. Formerly known as the Coll?ge de Clermont, it was named in king Louis XIV of France's honor after he visited the school and offered his patronage....
, where he befriended Senegalese poet and statesman
Statesman

A statesman or stateswoman or statesperson is usually a politician or other notable figure of state who has had a long and respected career in politics at the national and international level....
 Léopold Sedar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor

L?opold S?dar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who served as the first List of Presidents of Senegal of Senegal ....
, he graduated from the École Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure

The ?cole normale sup?rieure is a France Grandes ?coles . The ENS was initially conceived during the French Revolution, and intended to provide the First French Republic with a new body of teacher, trained in the critical spirit and secular values of the the Enlightenment....
 with a degree of Agrégation
Agrégation

In France, the agr?gation is a French Civil Service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system. The laureates are known as agr?g?s....
 in literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
.

He first taught literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
 at a lycée until hired in 1953 by Guy de Rothschild
Guy de Rothschild

Baron Guy ?douard Alphonse Paul de Rothschild was a French banker and member of the Rothschild family. He chaired the bank de Rothschild Fr?res from 1967 to 1979, when it was nationalized by the French government, and maintained possessions in other French and foreign companies including Imerys....
 to work at de Rothschild Frères. In 1956, he was appointed the bank's general manager, a position he held until 1962. Later, he was hired by Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle

Charles Andr? Joseph Marie de Gaulle , , was a French people general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President of France from 1959 to 1969....
 to manage the Anne de Gaulle Foundation for Down's Syndrome (de Gaulle's daughter Anne had Down's Syndrome).

He served as prime minister
List of Prime Ministers of France

Early Modern France...
 under de Gaulle after Michel Debré
Michel Debré

Michel Debr? was a French Gaullism politician. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France, and was the first List of Prime Ministers of France of the French Fifth Republic....
 resigned, from 16 April 1962 to 21 July 1968, and to this day is the longest serving French prime minister under the Fifth Republic. His nomination was controversial because he was not a member of the National Assembly. In October 1962, he was defeated by a vote of non-confidence, but de Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly. The Gaullists won the legislative election
French legislative election, 1962

French legislative elections took place on 18 November and 25 November 1962 to elect the 2nd National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.Since 1959 and the change of Algerian policy , France faced bomb attacks by the Secret Armed Organization which opposed the independence of Algeria, negotiated by the FLN with the March 1962 Evian agreements...
 and Pompidou was reappointed as Prime Minister. In 1964, he was faced with a miners' strike. He led the 1967 legislative campaign
French legislative election, 1967

French legislative elections took place on March 5 and 12, 1967 to elect the 3rd National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.In December 1965, Charles de Gaulle was re-elected President of France in the first Presidential election by universal suffrage....
 of the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic
Gaullist Party

In France, the Gaullist Party is usually used to refer to the largest party professing to be Gaullist. Gaullism claimed to transcend the left/right rift ....
 to a narrow victory. Pompidou was widely regarded as being responsible for the peaceful resolution of the student uprising of May 1968. His strategy was to break the coalition of students and workers by negotiating with the trade-unions and employers (Grenelle conference). Until this crisis, he was the Prime Minister of a quiet and prosperous France.

However, during the events of May 1968, disagreements arose between Pompidou and de Gaulle. Pompidou did not understand why the President did not inform him of his departure to Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe ....
 on 29 May. Their relationship, until then very good, would be strained from then on. Pompidou led and won the 1968 legislative campaign
French legislative election, 1968

French legislative elections took place on June 23 and 30, 1968 to elect the 4th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They were held in the aftermath of the events of May 1968....
, then resigned. Nevertheless, in part due to his actions during the May 1968 crisis, he appeared as the natural successor to de Gaulle. Pompidou announced his candidature for the Presidency in January 1969. Some weeks later, his wife's name was mentioned in the Markovic scandal
The Markovic affair

The Markovic affair was a political scandal in France in the late 1960s, involving French President George Pompidou and movie star Alain Delon....
, thus appearing to confirm her husband's status as a cuckold. Pompidou was certain that de Gaulle's inner circle was responsible for this smear.

After the failure of the 1969 referendum, de Gaulle resigned and Pompidou was elected president of France, defeating in the second round by a wide margin the Centrist President of the Senate and Acting President Alain Poher
Alain Poher

Alain ?mile Louis Marie Poher was a French centrist politician, affiliated first with the Popular Republican Movement and later with the Democratic Centre ....
. Though a Gaullist, Pompidou was more pragmatic than de Gaulle, notably allowing the United Kingdom to join the European Community
European Community

The European Community is one of the three pillars of the European Union created under the Maastricht Treaty . It is based upon the principle of supranationalism and has its origins in the European Economic Community, the predecessor of the European Union....
 in 1973. He embarked on an industrialisation plan and initiated the Arianespace
Arianespace

Arianespace SA is a France company and was founded in 1980. They undertake the production, operation and marketing of the Ariane 5 rocket launcher as part of the Ariane programme....
 project. He was sceptical about the "New Society" programme of his prime minister, Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Jacques Chaban-Delmas

'Jacques Chaban-Delmas' was a France Gaullism politician. He served as Prime Ministers of France under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. In addition, for almost half a century, he was Mayor of Bordeaux and a deputy for the Gironde d?partement in France....
. In 1972, Chaban-Delmas was replaced by Pierre Messmer
Pierre Messmer

Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a France Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 — a time-record since Louvois under Louis XIV — and then as French Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974....
, a more conservative Gaullist.

While the left-wing opposition got organised in proposing a Common Programme before the 1973 legislative election
French legislative election, 1973

French legislative elections took place on March 4 and 11, 1973 to elect the 5th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic.In order to end the May 68 crisis, President De Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly and his party, the Gaullist Party, obtained the absolute majority of the seats....
, he widened out his "presidential majority" by including the Centrist pro-European parties.

While still in office, Pompidou unexpectedly died from Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Waldenström macroglobulinemia

Waldenstr?m's macroglobulinemia is cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called lymphocytes. The main attributing antibody is IgM. It is a type of lymphoproliferative disease, and shares clinical characteristics with the indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas....
 in 1974.

Pompidou's wife Claude Pompidou
Claude Pompidou

Claude Jacqueline Pompidou was the wife of President of France Georges Pompidou. She was a philanthropist and a patron of modern art, especially through the Centre Georges Pompidou....
 lived more than 30 years longer the Pompidou.

Pompidou had one foster
Foster

Foster may refer to:...
 son, Alain Pompidou
Alain Pompidou

Professor Alain Pompidou is a France scientist and politician. A former professor of histology, embryology and cytogenetics, he was the fourth president of the European Patent Office from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2007....
, former president of the European Patent Office
European Patent Organisation

The European Patent Organisation is a public international intellectual property organisation created in 1977 to grant patents in Europe under the European Patent Convention of 1973....
.

Pompidou's time in office was marked by a constant effort to modernise France's capital city. This can be seen through his construction of a modern art museum, the Centre Beaubourg (renamed Centre Pompidou after his death), on the edge of the Marais
Le Marais

Le Marais is a district in Paris, France, traditionally a bourgeois area, but also well-known historically.It spreads across parts of the IIIe arrondissement and IVe arrondissement Arrondissements of Pariss in Paris ....
 area of Paris. Other attempts at modernisation included tearing down the open air markets at Les Halles
Les Halles

Les Halles is an area of Paris, France, located in the 1er arrondissement, Paris. It is named for the large central wholesale marketplace, which was demolished in 1971, to be replaced with an underground modern shopping precinct, the Forum des Halles....
 and replacing it with a metro/RER station, building the Montparnasse Tower
Tour Montparnasse

Tour Maine-Montparnasse , also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-meter tall office skyscraper located in Paris, France, in the area of Montparnasse....
, and constructing an expressway on the right bank of the Seine.

First Ministry, 4 November - 28 November 1962


  • Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
  • Maurice Couve de Murville
    Maurice Couve de Murville

    Maurice Couve de Murville was a France Diplomacy and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle....
     - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pierre Messmer
    Pierre Messmer

    Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a France Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 — a time-record since Louvois under Louis XIV — and then as French Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974....
     - Minister of Armies
  • Roger Frey
    Roger Frey

    Roger Frey was a France politician. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France.He was born in Noum?a....
     - Minister of the Interior
  • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
    Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

    Val?ry Marie Ren? Georges Giscard d'Estaing,Constitutional Council of France , is a France centrism-conservatism politician who was President of France of the French Fifth Republic from 1974 until 1981....
     - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
  • Michel Maurice-Bokanowski - Minister of Industry
  • Paul Bacon
    Paul Bacon

    Paul Bacon was a France politician.During World War II, Bacon was active in the French Resistance. He was a member of Georges Bidault's National Liberation Movement, and distributed a manifesto about trade unionism in December 1940....
     - Minister of Labour
  • Jean Foyer
    Jean Foyer

    Jean Foyer was a french politician and minister. He studied law and became a law professor at the university. He wrote several books about french Civil law ....
     - Minister of Justice
  • Pierre Sudreau - Minister of National Education
  • Raymond Triboulet
    Raymond Triboulet

    Raymond Triboulet was a France politician. He was a leading World War II resistance fighter who helped United States, Canada, and United Kingdom troops invade France, which was then occupied by Nazi Germany....
     - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • André Malraux
    André Malraux

    Andr? Malraux was a France author, adventurer and statesman, and a dominant figure in French politics and culture....
     - Minister of Cultural Affairs
  • Edgard Pisani
    Edgard Pisani

    Edgard Pisani was a french politician. His parents were Malta immigrant. He studied at Kh?gne. His second marriage was with the daughter of Andr? Le Troquer....
     - Minister of Agriculture
  • Louis Jacquinot
    Louis Jacquinot

    Louis Jacquinot was a France lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincar?'s office.Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Ch?teau in 1898....
     - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
  • Robert Buron
    Robert Buron

    Robert Buron was a France politician and Minister of Finance from 20 January 1955 to 23 February 1955 and Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism during De Gaulle's third term from 9 June 1958 to 8 January 1959....
     - Minister of Public Works and Transport
  • Joseph Fontanet
    Joseph Fontanet

    Joseph Fontanet was a France politician.He was first elected to Parliament in 1956 as Member of Parliament for Savoie. In his 17 years in Parliament he held various cabinet positions including Health, Labour and Employment, and trade and industry....
     - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Pierre Pflimlin
    Pierre Pflimlin

    Pierre Eug?ne Jean Pflimlin was a France Christian Democratic politician who served as the penultimate List of Prime Ministers of France of the French Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the May 1958 crisis....
     - Minister of Cooperation
  • Jacques Marette - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Gaston Palewski
    Gaston Palewski

    Gaston Palewski , France politician, was a close associate of Charles de Gaulle during and after World War II. He is also remembered as the lover of the English novelist Nancy Mitford, and appears in a fictionalised form in two of her novels....
     - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
  • Jacques Maziol - Minister of Construction
  • Louis Joxe
    Louis Joxe

    Louis Joxe was a France statesman.He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine....
     - Minister of Algerian Affairs


Changes
  • 15 May 1962 - Gilbert Grandval succeeds Bacon as Minister of Labour. Roger Dusseaulx succeeds Buron as Minister of Public Works and Transport. Raymond Marcellin
    Raymond Marcellin

    Raymond Marcellin was a France politician....
     succeeds Fontanet as Minister of Public Health and Population. Georges Gorse
    Georges Gorse

    Georges Gorse, France politician and diplomat, .After qualifying in 1939 he became professor at the University of Cairo. During World War II he joined Charles de Gaulle and the Free French as Director of Information, served on the Provisional Consultative Assembly and marched up the Champs-?lys?es 1945....
     succeeds Pflimlin as Minister of Cooperation.
  • 15 October 1962 - Louis Joxe
    Louis Joxe

    Louis Joxe was a France statesman.He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine....
     succeeds Sudreau as interim Minister of National Education


Second Ministry, 28 November 1962 - 8 January 1966


  • Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
  • Maurice Couve de Murville
    Maurice Couve de Murville

    Maurice Couve de Murville was a France Diplomacy and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle....
     - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pierre Messmer
    Pierre Messmer

    Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a France Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 — a time-record since Louvois under Louis XIV — and then as French Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974....
     - Minister of Armies
  • Roger Frey
    Roger Frey

    Roger Frey was a France politician. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France.He was born in Noum?a....
     - Minister of the Interior
  • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
    Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

    Val?ry Marie Ren? Georges Giscard d'Estaing,Constitutional Council of France , is a France centrism-conservatism politician who was President of France of the French Fifth Republic from 1974 until 1981....
     - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
  • Michel Maurice-Bokanowski - Minister of Industry
  • Gilbert "the Eliminator" Grandval - Minister of Labour
  • Jean Foyer
    Jean Foyer

    Jean Foyer was a french politician and minister. He studied law and became a law professor at the university. He wrote several books about french Civil law ....
     - Minister of Justice
  • Christian Fouchet
    Christian Fouchet

    Christian Fouchet was a France politician.He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.He was the French Minister of National Education from November 28, 1962 to April 6, 1967....
     - Minister of National Education
  • Jean Sainteney - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • François Missoffe - Minister of Repatriates
  • André Malraux
    André Malraux

    Andr? Malraux was a France author, adventurer and statesman, and a dominant figure in French politics and culture....
     - Minister of Cultural Affairs
  • Edgard Pisani
    Edgard Pisani

    Edgard Pisani was a french politician. His parents were Malta immigrant. He studied at Kh?gne. His second marriage was with the daughter of Andr? Le Troquer....
     - Minister of Agriculture
  • Louis Jacquinot
    Louis Jacquinot

    Louis Jacquinot was a France lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincar?'s office.Jacquinot was born in Gondrecourt-le-Ch?teau in 1898....
     - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
  • Marc Jacquet - Minister of Public Works and Transport
  • Raymond Marcellin
    Raymond Marcellin

    Raymond Marcellin was a France politician....
     - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Jacques Marette - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Alain Peyrefitte
    Alain Peyrefitte

    File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F017216-0004, Bonn, Erhard mit Informationsminister Frankreich.jpgAlain Peyrefitte was a France scholar and politician....
     - Minister of Information
  • Gaston Palewski
    Gaston Palewski

    Gaston Palewski , France politician, was a close associate of Charles de Gaulle during and after World War II. He is also remembered as the lover of the English novelist Nancy Mitford, and appears in a fictionalised form in two of her novels....
     - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
  • Louis Joxe
    Louis Joxe

    Louis Joxe was a France statesman.He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine....
     - Minister of Administrative Reform
  • Jacques Maziol - Minister of Construction


Changes
  • 23 July 1964 - François Missoffe leaves the cabinet. He is not replaced as Minister of Repatriates
  • 22 February 1965 - Gaston Palewski leaves the ministry and is not replaced.


Third Ministry, 8 January 1966 - 6 April 1967


  • Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
  • Maurice Couve de Murville
    Maurice Couve de Murville

    Maurice Couve de Murville was a France Diplomacy and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle....
     - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pierre Messmer
    Pierre Messmer

    Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a France Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 — a time-record since Louvois under Louis XIV — and then as French Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974....
     - Minister of Armies
  • Roger Frey
    Roger Frey

    Roger Frey was a France politician. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France.He was born in Noum?a....
     - Minister of the Interior
  • Michel Debré
    Michel Debré

    Michel Debr? was a French Gaullism politician. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France, and was the first List of Prime Ministers of France of the French Fifth Republic....
     - Minister of Economy and Finance
  • Raymond Marcellin
    Raymond Marcellin

    Raymond Marcellin was a France politician....
     - Minister of Industry
  • Gilbert Grandval - Minister of Labour
  • Jean Foyer
    Jean Foyer

    Jean Foyer was a french politician and minister. He studied law and became a law professor at the university. He wrote several books about french Civil law ....
     - Minister of Justice
  • Christian Fouchet
    Christian Fouchet

    Christian Fouchet was a France politician.He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.He was the French Minister of National Education from November 28, 1962 to April 6, 1967....
     - Minister of National Education
  • Alexandre Sanguinetti - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • André Malraux
    André Malraux

    Andr? Malraux was a France author, adventurer and statesman, and a dominant figure in French politics and culture....
     - Minister of Cultural Affairs
  • Edgar Faure
    Edgar Faure

    Edgar Faure was a France politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist....
     - Minister of Agriculture
  • François Missoffe - Minister of Youth and Sports
  • Pierre Billotte - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
  • Edgard Pisani
    Edgard Pisani

    Edgard Pisani was a french politician. His parents were Malta immigrant. He studied at Kh?gne. His second marriage was with the daughter of Andr? Le Troquer....
     - Minister of Equipment
  • Marc Jacquet - Minister of Public Works and Transport
  • Raymond Marcellin
    Raymond Marcellin

    Raymond Marcellin was a France politician....
     - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Jacques Marette - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Louis Joxe
    Louis Joxe

    Louis Joxe was a France statesman.He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine....
     - Minister of Administrative Reform
  • Jean-Marcel Jeanneney
    Jean-Marcel Jeanneney

    Jean-Marcel Jeanneney was a Political minister in various French governments in the 1950s and 60s, as well as France's first ambassador to Algeria in the immediate aftermath of the Algerian War....
     - Minister of Social Affairs


Fourth Ministry, 6 April 1967 - 30 May 1968


  • Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
  • Maurice Couve de Murville
    Maurice Couve de Murville

    Maurice Couve de Murville was a France Diplomacy and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle....
     - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pierre Messmer
    Pierre Messmer

    Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a France Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 — a time-record since Louvois under Louis XIV — and then as French Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974....
     - Minister of Armies
  • Christian Fouchet
    Christian Fouchet

    Christian Fouchet was a France politician.He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.He was the French Minister of National Education from November 28, 1962 to April 6, 1967....
     - Minister of the Interior
  • Michel Debré
    Michel Debré

    Michel Debr? was a French Gaullism politician. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France, and was the first List of Prime Ministers of France of the French Fifth Republic....
     - Minister of Economy and Finance
  • Olivier Guichard
    Olivier Guichard

    Olivier Guichard was a French politician. He was born in N?ac and joined the French Army in 1944 and served until the end of World War II, during which, he earned the M?daille militaire and the Croix de guerre 1939-1945 ....
     - Minister of Industry
  • Joseph Fontanet
    Joseph Fontanet

    Joseph Fontanet was a France politician.He was first elected to Parliament in 1956 as Member of Parliament for Savoie. In his 17 years in Parliament he held various cabinet positions including Health, Labour and Employment, and trade and industry....
     - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
  • Louis Joxe
    Louis Joxe

    Louis Joxe was a France statesman.He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine....
     - Minister of Justice
  • Alain Peyrefitte
    Alain Peyrefitte

    File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F017216-0004, Bonn, Erhard mit Informationsminister Frankreich.jpgAlain Peyrefitte was a France scholar and politician....
     - Minister of National Education
  • Henri Duvillard
    Henri Duvillard

    Henri Duvillard is a former Alpine skiing. He is one of just seven men to win Alpine skiing World Cup races in every discipline contested at the time....
     - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • André Malraux
    André Malraux

    Andr? Malraux was a France author, adventurer and statesman, and a dominant figure in French politics and culture....
     - Minister of Cultural Affairs
  • Edgar Faure
    Edgar Faure

    Edgar Faure was a France politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist....
     - Minister of Agriculture
  • François Missoffe - Minister of Youth and Sports
  • Pierre Billotte - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
  • Edgard Pisani
    Edgard Pisani

    Edgard Pisani was a french politician. His parents were Malta immigrant. He studied at Kh?gne. His second marriage was with the daughter of Andr? Le Troquer....
     - Minister of Equipment and Housing
  • Jean Chamant - Minister of Transport
  • Roger Frey
    Roger Frey

    Roger Frey was a France politician. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France.He was born in Noum?a....
     - Minister of Relations with Parliament
  • Raymond Marcellin
    Raymond Marcellin

    Raymond Marcellin was a France politician....
     - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Yves Guéna
    Yves Guéna

    Yves Gu?na He has belonged to various right wing parties: Union pour la nouvelle R?publique , the Union of Democrats for the Republic and the Rally for the Republic ....
     - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Georges Gorse
    Georges Gorse

    Georges Gorse, France politician and diplomat, .After qualifying in 1939 he became professor at the University of Cairo. During World War II he joined Charles de Gaulle and the Free French as Director of Information, served on the Provisional Consultative Assembly and marched up the Champs-?lys?es 1945....
     - Minister of Information
  • Edmond Michelet
    Edmond Michelet

    Edmond Michelet was a French politician.He helped many victims of the Nazis in occupied France, including Catholic philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand....
     - Minister of Civil Service
  • Maurice Schumann
    Maurice Schumann

    Maurice Schumann was a French politician and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and 1970s....
     - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
  • Jean-Marcel Jeanneney
    Jean-Marcel Jeanneney

    Jean-Marcel Jeanneney was a Political minister in various French governments in the 1950s and 60s, as well as France's first ambassador to Algeria in the immediate aftermath of the Algerian War....
     - Minister of Social Affairs


Changes
  • 28 April 1967 - François-Xavier Ortoli
    François-Xavier Ortoli

    Fran?ois-Xavier Ortoli was a French Gaullist Party politician and businessman. He served in various ministerial capacities in the 1968-1969 administration of Prime Minister of France Maurice Couve de Murville including Finance Minister....
     succeeds Pisani as Minister of Equipment and Housing.


Fifth Ministry, 30 May - 10 July 1968


  • Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
  • Michel Debré
    Michel Debré

    Michel Debr? was a French Gaullism politician. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France, and was the first List of Prime Ministers of France of the French Fifth Republic....
     - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pierre Messmer
    Pierre Messmer

    Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a France Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 — a time-record since Louvois under Louis XIV — and then as French Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974....
     - Minister of Armies
  • Raymond Marcellin
    Raymond Marcellin

    Raymond Marcellin was a France politician....
     - Minister of the Interior
  • Maurice Couve de Murville
    Maurice Couve de Murville

    Maurice Couve de Murville was a France Diplomacy and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle....
     - Minister of Economy and Finance
  • Albin Chalandon
    Albin Chalandon

    Albin Chalandon is a French politician and a former minister.Between 1968 and 1972, he was Minister of Public Works . And from 1986 until 1988, he was Minister of Justice ....
     - Minister of Industry
  • Joseph Fontanet
    Joseph Fontanet

    Joseph Fontanet was a France politician.He was first elected to Parliament in 1956 as Member of Parliament for Savoie. In his 17 years in Parliament he held various cabinet positions including Health, Labour and Employment, and trade and industry....
     - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
  • René Capitant
    René Capitant

    Ren? Marie Alphonse Charles Capitant was a French lawyer and politician.He was the son of a lawyer, Henri Capitant, and attended the Lyc?e Henri-IV in Paris....
     - Minister of Justice
  • François-Xavier Ortoli
    François-Xavier Ortoli

    Fran?ois-Xavier Ortoli was a French Gaullist Party politician and businessman. He served in various ministerial capacities in the 1968-1969 administration of Prime Minister of France Maurice Couve de Murville including Finance Minister....
     - Minister of National Education
  • Henri Duvillard
    Henri Duvillard

    Henri Duvillard is a former Alpine skiing. He is one of just seven men to win Alpine skiing World Cup races in every discipline contested at the time....
     - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • André Malraux
    André Malraux

    Andr? Malraux was a France author, adventurer and statesman, and a dominant figure in French politics and culture....
     - Minister of Cultural Affairs
  • Edgar Faure
    Edgar Faure

    Edgar Faure was a France politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist....
     - Minister of Agriculture
  • Roland Nungesser - Minister of Youth and Sports
  • Joël Le Theule - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
  • Jean Chamant - Minister of Transport
  • Roger Frey
    Roger Frey

    Roger Frey was a France politician. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France.He was born in Noum?a....
     - Minister of Relations with Parliament
  • Raymond Marcellin
    Raymond Marcellin

    Raymond Marcellin was a France politician....
     - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Robert Galley - Minister of Housing
  • André Bettencourt
    André Bettencourt

    Andr? Bettencourt was a French politician. He had been awarded the Croix de Guerre, and is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He served as a cabinet minister under Pierre Mend?s-France and Charles de Gaulle, and was awarded for his bravery in the French Resistance against the Nazi Germany....
     - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Yves Guéna
    Yves Guéna

    Yves Gu?na He has belonged to various right wing parties: Union pour la nouvelle R?publique , the Union of Democrats for the Republic and the Rally for the Republic ....
     - Minister of Information
  • Robert Boulin
    Robert Boulin

    Robert Boulin was a French politician who served as Minister of Labour in the French Cabinet and was at the centre of a major real-estate scandal that ended only with his death in mysterious circumstances....
     - Minister of Civil Service
  • Christian de la Malène
    Christian de La Malène

    Christian Lunet de La Mal?ne, , was a France and European Union politician. He was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic party.He served as the French Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions from 1968....
     - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
  • Maurice Schumann
    Maurice Schumann

    Maurice Schumann was a French politician and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and 1970s....
     - Minister of Social Affairs


Writings by Georges Pompidou

  • Anthologie de la Poésie Française, Livre de Poche/Hachette, 1961


See also

  • Centre Georges Pompidou
    Centre Georges Pompidou

    Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles and the Le Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture....