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Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (July 5, 1911 – April 2, 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974.

He was born in Montboudif, Cantal, France. After his khâgne at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where he befriended Senegalese poet and statesman Leopold Sedar Senghor, he graduated from the École Normale Supérieure with a degree of Agrégation in literature.

He first taught literature at a lycée then in 1953 was hired by Guy de Rothschild 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 to manage the Anne De Gaulle Foundation for Down's Syndrome (de Gaulle's daughter Anne had the disease). He served as Prime Minister under De Gaulle after Michel Debré resigned, from April 16, 1962 to July 13, 1968, and has so far spent the longest time in office for any French Prime Minister of the V. Republic. Prime Minister Pompidou was widely regarded as having been responsible for the peaceful resolution of the student demonstrations of May 1968. This led to his dismissal by a jealous de Gaulle.

After de Gaulle's resignation in 1969, Pompidou was elected President of France, defeating Acting President Alain Poher. Though a Gaullist, President Pompidou, was more moderate than de Gaulle, notably allowing the United Kingdom to join the European Community in 1973. However, he was sceptical about "New Society"'s programme of his Prime minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas. In 1972, this one was replaced by Pierre Messmer.

He died from Kahler's disease in 1974 while in office, which shocked most of the public.

Georges Pompidou had one foster son, Alain Pompidou, now president of the European Patent Office.

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Pompidou's first Ministry,

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 succeeds Fontanet as Minister of Public Health and Population. Georges Gorse succeeds Pflimlin as Minister of Cooperation.
  • 15 October 1962 - Louis Joxe succeeds Sudreau as interim Minister of National Education

Pompidou's second Ministry,

  • Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
  • Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pierre Messmer - Minister of Armies
  • Roger Frey - Minister of the Interior
  • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
  • Michel Maurice-Bokanowski - Minister of Industry
  • Gilbert Grandval - Minister of Labour
  • Jean Foyer - Minister of Justice
  • Christian Fouchet - Minister of National Education
  • Jean Sainteney - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • François Missoffe - Minister of Repatriates
  • André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
  • Edgard Pisani - Minister of Agriculture
  • Louis Jacquinot - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
  • Marc Jacquet - Minister of Public Works and Transport
  • Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Jacques Marette - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of Information
  • Gaston Palewski - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
  • Louis Joxe - 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.

Pompidou's third Ministry,

Pompidou's fourth Ministry,

  • Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
  • Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pierre Messmer - Minister of Armies
  • Christian Fouchet - Minister of the Interior
  • Michel Debré - Minister of Economy and Finance
  • Olivier Guichard - Minister of Industry
  • Joseph Fontanet - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
  • Louis Joxe - Minister of Justice
  • Alain Peyrefitte - Minister of National Education
  • Henri Duvillard - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
  • Edgar Faure - Minister of Agriculture
  • François Missoffe - Minister of Youth and Sports
  • Pierre Billotte - Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories
  • Edgard Pisani - Minister of Equipment and Housing
  • Jean Chamant - Minister of Transport
  • Roger Frey - Minister of Relations with Parliament
  • Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Yves Guéna - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Georges Gorse - Minister of Information
  • Edmond Michelet - Minister of Civil Service
  • Maurice Schumann - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
  • Jean-Marcel Jeanneney - Minister of Social Affairs
Changes

Pompidou's fifth Ministry,

  • Georges Pompidou - Prime Minister
  • Michel Debré - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Pierre Messmer - Minister of Armies
  • Raymond Marcellin - Minister of the Interior
  • Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Economy and Finance
  • Albin Chalandon - Minister of Industry
  • Joseph Fontanet - Minister of Labour, Employment, and Population
  • René Capitant - Minister of Justice
  • François-Xavier Ortoli - Minister of National Education
  • Henri Duvillard - Minister of Veterans and War Victims
  • André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
  • Edgar Faure - 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 - Minister of Relations with Parliament
  • Raymond Marcellin - Minister of Public Health and Population
  • Robert Galley - Minister of Housing
  • André Bettencourt - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Yves Guéna - Minister of Information
  • Robert Boulin - Minister of Civil Service
  • Christian de la Malène - Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions
  • Maurice Schumann - Minister of Social Affairs

Writings by Georges Pompidou

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

See also

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