Gaston Monnerville | |
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 Monnerville in 1947 | |
| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 5 March 1974 – 3 March 1983 | |
| Appointed by | Alain Poher |
| President | Roger Frey |
| Preceded by | François Luchaire |
| Succeeded by | Léon Jozeau-Marigné |
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 9 December 1958 – 2 October 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as President of the Council of Republic) |
| Succeeded by | Alain Poher |
| President of the Council of the Republic | |
| In office 18 March 1947 – 2 October 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Auguste Champetier de Ribes |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as President of the Senate) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1897 Cayenne, French Guiana |
| Died | 7 November 1991 (aged 94) 16th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Political party | Radical Party |
| Alma mater | University of Toulouse |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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Gaston Monnerville (2 January 1897 – 7 November 1991) was a French Radical politician and lawyer who served as the first President of the Senate under the Fifth Republic from 1958 to 1968.[1] He previously served as President of the Council of the Republic from 1947 to 1958. A member of the French Resistance in World War II, he is the first black person to preside over a national parliamentary body in French history.
- ^ "Biography in French on the website of the Assemblée Nationale". www.assembleenationale.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-03-22.