Edgar Faure

1908 - 1988

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: Aggregations of law in France, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Henri IV high school in Béziers, Lycée Voltaire

occupation: politician, diplomat, legal historian, writer, lawyer

award received: Concours général, Prix Cazes, Pierre Lafue Prize

position held: member of the French National Assembly, Senator of the French Fifth Republic, President of the Council, senator of the Community, president of the French National Assembly, member of the European Parliament, president, Minister of the Interior of France, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice, Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry, Minister of Agriculture of France, Seat 18 of the Académie française

Edgar Jean Faure (French: [ɛdɡaʁ fɔʁ]; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956. Prior to his election to the National Assembly for Jura under the Fourth Republic in 1946, he was a member of the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) in Algiers (1943–1944). A Radical, Faure was married to writer Lucie Meyer. In 1978, he was elected to the Académie Française. Source: Wikipedia (en)