François Missoffe

François Missoffe (born October 13, 1919 in Toulon , † August 28, 2003 in Rouen ) was a French politician and diplomat .

From August 1961 to December 1962 he was State Secretary for Internal Economy in the first government of Michel Debré and the first government of Georges Pompidou . In Pompidou's second government, he was the first (and only) minister responsible for the repatriation of the French displaced after the Algerian war . After the goal of returning a million French people to their homeland was achieved on July 23, 1964, the ministry was dissolved. Then Missoffe was the French ambassador to Japan .

In the third and fourth governments of Georges Pompidou (January 8, 1966 to May 31, 1968) Missoffe was youth and sports minister and in this role was responsible for coordinating the preparatory work for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble . At the inauguration of a swimming pool on January 8, 1968 in Nanterre , he was publicly criticized by Daniel Cohn-Bendit . This event is considered to be one of the causes of the May riots .

Missoffe represented the 17th arrondissement of Paris as a member of the National Assembly from 1958 to 1963 and from 1968 to 1974. This seat was later held by his wife Hélène Missoffe (née Mitry), then his daughter Françoise de Panafieu . Missoffe was also the brother-in-law of Jean François-Poncet .