Maurice Couve de Murville

Maurice Couve de Murville
Prime Minister of France
In office
10 July 1968 – 20 June 1969
PresidentCharles de Gaulle
Alain Poher (Acting)
Preceded byGeorges Pompidou
Succeeded byJacques Chaban-Delmas
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
31 May 1968 – 10 July 1968
Prime MinisterGeorges Pompidou
Preceded byMichel Debré
Succeeded byFrançois-Xavier Ortoli
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 June 1958 – 30 May 1968
Prime MinisterCharles de Gaulle
Michel Debré
Georges Pompidou
Preceded byRené Pleven
Succeeded byMichel Debré
Senator for Paris
In office
28 September 1986 – 1 October 1995
Member of the National Assembly
for Paris 6th constituency
In office
11 March 1973 – 1 April 1986
Preceded byRaymond Bousquet
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
In office
23 June 1968 – 10 August 1968
Preceded byRaymond Bousquet
Succeeded byRaymond Bousquet
Personal details
Born
Maurice Couve

(1907-01-24)24 January 1907
Reims, France
Died24 December 1999(1999-12-24) (aged 92)
Paris, France
Political partyUDR
SpouseJacqueline Schweisguth
ChildrenJuliette
Dorothée
Béatrice
OccupationMilitary
Diplomat
Civil Servant
Politician
Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville receiving David Ben-Gurion at Quai d'Orsay, June 1960

Jacques-Maurice Couve de Murville (French: [mɔʁis kuv myʁvil, moʁ-]; 24 January 1907 – 24 December 1999) was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle. As foreign minister he played the leading role in the critical Franco-German treaty of cooperation in 1963, he laid the foundation for the Paris-Bonn axis that was central in building a united Europe.