Yvon Bourges
Yvon Bourges (born June 29, 1921 in Pau , † April 18, 2009 in Paris ) was a French politician.
He was governor of Upper Volta from 1956 to 1958 , then the last high commissioner for French Equatorial Africa until 1960 . From 1962 to 1967 and 1971 to 1989 he was mayor of the city of Dinard in Brittany , and from 1986 to 1998 President of the Regional Parliament of Brittany .
He belonged to various Gaullist parties, most recently the Rassemblement pour la République founded in 1976 . From 1962 to 1978 he was a member of parliament, then a member of the Senate until 1998 .
From 1972 to 1973 he was France's Minister of Commerce and from 1975 to 1980 he was Minister of Defense .
Works
- L'Europe, notre destin , Hachette, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-01-235534-X
literature
- Yvon Bourges , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 49/1981 of November 23, 1981, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
Web links
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| SURNAME | Bourges, Yvon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 2009 |
| Place of death | Paris |