Bernard Chenot

Bernard Chenot (born May 20, 1909 in Paris ; † June 5, 1995 ) was a French lawyer and politician who was Minister of Public Health and Population from 1958 to 1961 and then between 1961 and 1962 the seal keeper and Minister of Justice . In 1962 he became a member of the Constitutional Court ( Constitutional Council ) , which he belonged to the 1964th Chenot later served as Vice President of the Conseil d'État between 1971 and 1978 , which is not only an administrative court but also an advisory body to the government.

Life

Degree and member of the Conseil d'État

After attending school, Chenot studied at the private college École libre des sciences politiques , founded by Émile Boutmy in 1872, from which he graduated with a diploma. He then began his professional career in 1932 as an auditor at the Administrative Court (Conseil d'État) and later became a lecturing council ( Maître des requêtes ) . As such, he served as government commissioner in the litigation department from 1943 to 1945 and then from 1945 to 1947 General Secretary of the Mining Association of Northern France and Pas-de-Calais, before he was again government commissioner in the litigation department of the Conseil d 'État was.

In 1956, as a Councilor of State (Conseiller d'État) , Chenot himself became a judge at the Administrative Court.

Minister of Health and Justice

On July 7, 1958, Chenot was appointed Minister for Public Health and Population (Ministre de la santé publique et de la Population) by Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle in his third cabinet . He also held this ministerial office in the government of his successor as Prime Minister, Michel Debré , until August 24, 1961 and was then replaced by Joseph Fontanet .

Chenet himself was appointed as part of this government reshuffle on August 24, 1961 by Debré as successor to Edmond Michelet to keep the seal and minister of justice (Garde des sceaux, Ministre de la justice) and held this ministerial office until April 15, 1962.

Member of the Conseil constitutionnel and Vice-President of the Conseil d'État

After resigning from the government, Chenot was appointed by President de Gaulle in 1962 as a member of the Conseil constitutionnel , where he succeeded Georges Pompidou , who was appointed Prime Minister . He held the post of judge at the Constitutional Court until 1964 and was then replaced by André Deschamps .

He then accepted a professorship at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris , the so-called “Sciences Po” and was one of the first university lecturers to deal with public business law. His research results were reflected in his books on history, political doctrines and the economic organization of the state. In 1968 he became president of the insurer Allianz France and held this position until he was replaced by Georges Plescoff in 1970.

In 1971, Chenot succeeded Alexandre Parodi as Vice President of the Conseil d'État and remained in this role as Deputy President of the Administrative Court and this advisory body to the government until December 5, 1978. His successor was then Christian Chavanon in 1979 . At the same time, Chenot was also President of the National Data Protection Authority CNIL ( Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés ) and President of the Institute for Administrative Sciences IFSA ( Institut français des sciences administratives ) from 1971 to 1979 . In 1978 he also became permanent secretary of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques .

The Académie française awarded him the Grand Prix de Poésie in 1984 for his literary oeuvre, especially his Réflexions sur la cité , written between 1975 and 1980 and published as an anthology in 1981 . For his many years of service he was also awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on January 1, 1991 .

Publications

• Les Entreprises nationalisées , 1956
• Être ministre , 1967
• Référendum , 1969,
• L'Hôpital en question , 1970
• Réflexions sur la cité , 1981

Web links

• Entry on the website of the Conseil d'État
• French Ministeries (rulers.org)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Debré cabinet