Philippe Mestre
Philippe Mestre (born August 23, 1927 in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire , Département Vendée ; † April 25, 2017 ) was a French politician and writer .
Live and act
Philippe Mestre is the nephew of the politician Pierre-Olivier Lapie (1901–1994). He studied at the École nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer and was able to successfully complete this degree in 1951. Immediately thereafter, Mestre got a job in the colonial administration of French Equatorial Africa . In the following year he switched to the administrative staff of French Congo and held various offices there until 1960.
In 1960, under President Charles de Gaulle , he was appointed to the sous-préfet of Cassaigne - today Sidi Ali in the province of Mostaganem - in Algeria . After independence, Mestre held numerous positions in the French state administration, including a. as prefect of various departments. In 1978 he became head of Prime Minister Raymond Barre's cabinet .
From 1981 to 1993 Mestre represented the Département Vendée as a member of parliament. As such, he also acted as President-directeur général of the daily Presse-Océan .
In the government of Édouard Balladur Mestre was between March 30, 1993 and May 11, 1995 Minister of War Veterans ( Ministre des Anciens combattants et Victimes de guerre ). He was a member of the Union pour la Nouvelle République (UNR), later of the Union pour la democratie française (UDF).
In parallel to his political work, Mestre was also able to publish a number of novels that were praised by the public as well as literary critics.
Honors
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- Officer of the Ordre national du mérite
- Croix de la Valeur militaire
- Officer of the Ordre du Mérite agricole
- 1991 Prix Claude-Farrère for the novel Demain, rue Saint-Nicaise
Works (selection)
Novels
- Quand flambait le bocage . Robert-Laffont, Paris 1970.
- Demain, rue Saint-Nicaise . Robert-Laffont, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-221-06946-3 .
- Devant douze fusils . France-Émpire, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-7048-0896-1 .
Non-fiction
- Un acte manqué. Si Pétain avait rallié Algiers in 1942 . France-Émpire, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-7048-1164-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Vendée - Talmont-St-Hilaire - Décès de l'ancien ministre Philippe Mestre. In: Le Reporter sablais. April 26, 2017, accessed May 1, 2017 (French).
- ↑ In 1978, Claude-Jean Bonnardot filmed this novel under the same title.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mestre, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Talmont-Saint-Hilaire , Vendée department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 2017 |