Robert Poujade

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Robert Poujade (born May 6, 1928 in Moulins , Allier department , † April 8, 2020 in Paris ) was a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly and mayor of Dijon between 1971 and 2001 . Between 1971 and 1974 he was France's first Minister of the Environment .

Life

Robert Poujade worked as a teacher and later General Inspector for National Education (Inspecteur général de l'éducation nationale) . Between September 1, 1964 and April 2, 1967 he was a member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Conseil économique, social et environnemental) . On April 3, 1967, as a candidate for the Union des Démocrates pour la Ve République (UDR) in the Côte-d'Or department , he became a member of the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) for the first time and was a member until May 30, 1968. He was also a successor to Jacques Baumel from May 1967 to January 1968, together with Jean Taittinger , André Fanton , Jean Charbonnel and René Tomasini, a member of the collective general secretariat of the Union pour la Nouvelle République-Union Démocratique du Travail (UNR-UDT) and in Connection from January 19, 1968 to June 4, 1968 Secretary General of the UNR. On June 4, 1968, he became Secretary General of the Union pour la défense de la République (UDR) and held this position until January 14, 1971, after which René Tomasini was his successor as Secretary General of the Union des démocrates pour la République (UDR ) has been.

On July 11, 1968, Poujade was again a member of the National Assembly for the Union des démocrates pour la République in the Côte-d'Or department, of which he was a member until his resignation on February 7, 1971. A month earlier, he was appointed as Minister attached to the Prime Minister for Nature and Environment January 7, 1971 Protection at (ministre du premier Ministre délégué auprès, chargé de la protection de la nature et de l'environnement) in the Cabinet Chaban-Delmas called and was thus France's first environment minister until July 5, 1972 . At the same time, he also became mayor of Dijon on March 25, 1971, succeeding Jean Veillet, and held this position for thirty years until he was replaced by François Rebsamen on March 25, 2001. In the Messmer I cabinet, he continued to hold the post of Minister Associate with the Prime Minister for Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection from July 7, 1972 to March 29, 1973. In the Messmer II cabinet that followed , he finally served between April 6, 1973 and February 28, 1974 as Minister for the Protection of Nature and the Environment (Ministre de la protection de la nature et de l'environnement) .

After leaving the government, Robert Poujade was again a member of the National Assembly on April 2, 1973 for the Union des démocrates pour la République in the Côte-d'Or department and was a member of the National Assembly after his re-election on April 3, 1978 as a candidate for the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) until May 22, 1981. In 1982 he replaced Pierre Palau as President of the General Council of the Côte-d'Or department and held this position until he was replaced by Henry Berger in 1988. On April 2, 1986, he became a member of the National Assembly for the RPR in the Côte-d'Or department, to which he was a member until June 18, 2002. Furthermore, on December 24, 1999, he took over the newly created post as President of Dijon Métropole and held this position until he was replaced by François Rebsamen on March 25, 2001.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ^ Rally for the Republic: General Secretaries in Rulers
  3. ^ Union des Démocrates pour la République / Union pour la Nouvelle République
  4. ↑ Dijon: Mayors in Rulers
  5. ↑ MINISTÈRE MESSMER 1
  6. ↑ MINISTÈRE MESSMER 2
personal data
SURNAME Poujade, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician, member of the National Assembly and Minister
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Moulins , Allier department
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2020
Place of death Paris