Gaston Monnerville

Gaston Monnerville
Monnerville in 1947
Member of the Constitutional Council
In office
5 March 1974 – 3 March 1983
Appointed byAlain Poher
PresidentRoger Frey
Preceded byFrançois Luchaire
Succeeded byLéon Jozeau-Marigné
President of the Senate
In office
9 December 1958 – 2 October 1968
Preceded byHimself
(as President of the Council of Republic)
Succeeded byAlain Poher
President of the Council of the Republic
In office
18 March 1947 – 2 October 1958
Preceded byAuguste Champetier de Ribes
Succeeded byHimself
(as President of the Senate)
Personal details
Born2 January 1897
Cayenne, French Guiana
Died7 November 1991(1991-11-07) (aged 94)
16th arrondissement of Paris, France
Political partyRadical Party
Alma materUniversity of Toulouse
OccupationLawyer
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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.

  1. ^ "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.