Maurice Delépine

Maurice Delépine (born July 15, 1883 in Paris ; † April 30, 1960 ibid) was a French lawyer who was last member of the Constitutional Court ( Court constitutionnel ) between 1959 and his death in 1960 .

Life

Delépine graduated after school to study law , which he with a licentiate graduated, and then began his career with the admission to lawyer at the Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) of Paris.

In 1936 he switched to civil service and became a member of the Council of State ( Conseil d'État ) , which is not only the highest administrative court but also the government's advisory body on legal issues. There he was legal advisor to the President of the Council of State between 1936 and 1937 and then in 1937 took over the function of Head of Cabinet from Vincent Auriol , Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seal in Prime Minister Camille Chautemps' third cabinet .

During the Second World War he was recalled as a member of the Conseil d'État during the Vichy regime between 1940 and 1944.

He was only able to resume this position after the liberation of France after Operation Overlord and the subsequent battle for Paris at the end of August 1944 and was then President of the Commission in the Council of State between 1944 and 1953. From October 17, 1946 and October 1947, he also acted as technical advisor to the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Daniel Mayer and was also a member of the Supreme Court Council (Conseil supérieur de la magistrature) , an institution that ensured the independence of the Courts from the administration should guarantee. He was also a representative of the Supreme Judicial Council in the constitutional committee (Comité constitutionnel) . After he resigned as a member of the Conseil d'État in 1953, he was made an Honorary Council of State (Conseiller d'Etat honoraire) .

On February 20, 1959 Delépine was nominated by the President of the Senate Gaston Monnerville for a three-year term as a member of the Constitutional Court, the Court constitutionnel . He took up this position on March 5, 1959, but died before the end of his term on April 30, 1960.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Court constitutionnel