Michel Debré

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Michel Debré (15 January 1912 - 2 August 1996) was a French politician.

Debré was born in Paris.

Michel Debré, 1972.

An associate of Charles de Gaulle, he served under the General as Minister of Justice (1958-1959), Prime Minister (1959 to 1962), Minister of Economics (1966-1968) and Foreign Minister (1968 to 1969), and under his successor Georges Pompidou as Defense Minister (1969-1973).

Michel Debré oversaw the drafting of the constitution of the French Fifth Republic, also called the Constitution of 1958.

Michel Debré, the son of the well known physician Robert Debré, had four sons : Vincent Debré (1939-), businessman, François Debré (1942-), journalist, Bernard Debré (born in 1944), urologist and politician, and his fraternal twin, Jean-Louis Debré, politician. See Debré family.

He was a candidate in the presidential election of 1981 but, lacking the support of any large party, he scored only 1.66% of the vote.

His father was Jewish and converted to Catholicism in order to marry Michel's mother.

[edit] Debré's Government, 8 January 1959 - 15 April 1962

Michel Debré - Prime Minister
Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Pierre Guillaumat - Minister of Armies
Jean Berthoin - Minister of the Interior
Antoine Pinay - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney - Minister of Commerce and Industry
Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour
Edmond Michelet - Minister of Justice
André Boulloche - Minister of National Education
Raymond Triboulet - Minister of Veterans
André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
Roger Houdet - Minister of Agriculture
Robert Buron - Minister of Public Works and Transport
Bernard Chenot - Minister of Public Health and Population
Bernard Cornut-Gentille - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Roger Frey - Minister of Information
Pierre Sudreau - Minister of Construction

Changes

27 March 1959 - Robert Lecourt enters the Cabinet as Minister of Cooperation.
27 May 1959 - Henri Rochereau succeeds Houdet as Minister of Agriculture.
28 May 1959 - Pierre Chatenet succeeds Berthoin as Minister of the Interior.
23 December 1959 - Debré succeeds Boulloche as interim Minister of National Education.
13 January 1960 - Wilfrid Baumgartner succeeds Pinay as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.
15 January 1960 - Louis Joxe succeeds Debré as Minister of National Education
5 February 1960 - Pierre Messmer succeeds Guillaumat as Minister of Armies. Robert Lecourt becomes Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories and of the Sahara. His previous office of Minister of Cooperation is abolished. Michel Maurice-Bokanowski succeeds Cornut-Gentille as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. Louis Terrenoire succeeds Frey as Minister of Information.
23 November 1960 - Louis Joxe becomes Minister of Algerian Affairs. Pierre Guillaumat succeeds Joxe as interim Minister of National Education.
20 February 1961 - Lucien Paye succeeds Guillaumat as Minister of National Education.
6 May 1961 - Roger Frey succeeds Chatenet as Minister of the Interior.
18 May 1961 - Jean Foyer enters the ministry as Minister of Cooperation.
24 August 1961 - Bernard Chenot succeeds Michelet as Minister of Justice. Joseph Fontanet succeeds Chenot as Minister of Public Health and Population. Edgard Pisani succeeds Rochereau as Minister of Agriculture. Louis Jacquinot succeeds Lecourt as Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories and Sahara. Terrenoire ceases to be Minister of Information, and the office is abolished.
19 January 1962 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing succeeds Baumgartner as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.

Preceded by Robert Lecourt	Minister of Justice 1958–1959	Succeeded by Edmond Michelet
Preceded by Pierre Garet	interim Minister of Reconstruction and Housing 1958	Succeeded by —
Preceded by Vincent Badie	interim Minister of Veterand and War Victims 1958	Succeeded by Edmond Michelet
Preceded by Charles de Gaulle	Prime Minister of France 1959–1962	Succeeded by Georges Pompidou
Preceded by André Boulloche	interim Minister of National Education 1959–1960	Succeeded by Louis Joxe
Preceded by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	Minister of Economy and Finance 1966–1968	Succeeded by Maurice Couve de Murville
Preceded by Maurice Couve de Murville	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1968–1969	Succeeded by Maurice Schumann
Preceded by Pierre Messmer	Minister of National Defense 1969–1973	Succeeded by Robert Galley