Pierre Messmer | |
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.JPG) Messmer in 1988 | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 5 July 1972 – 27 May 1974 | |
| President | Georges Pompidou Alain Poher (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chirac |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer 20 March 1916 Vincennes, Seine (now Val-de-Marne), France |
| Died | 29 August 2007 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Political party | UDR |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
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Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ mɛsmɛʁ]; 20 March 1916 – 29 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV – and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974. A member of the French Foreign Legion, he was considered one of the historical Gaullists, and died aged 91 in the military hospital of the Val-de-Grâce in August 2007. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1999; his seat was taken over by Simone Veil.[1]
- ^ Thomas Ferenczi, Le gaulliste Pierre Messmer est mort Archived 8 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Le Monde, 29 August 2007 (in French)