Pierre-Henri Teitgen

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Pierre-Henri Teitgen
Minister of State
In office
22 January 1947 – 22 October 1947
PresidentVincent Auriol
Prime MinisterPaul Ramadier
Personal details
Born(1908-05-29)29 May 1908
University of Nancy
ProfessionLawyer

Pierre-Henri Teitgen (29 May 1908 – 6 April 1997) was a French lawyer, professor and politician.[1] Teitgen was born in Rennes, Brittany. Taken POW in 1940, he played a major role in the French Resistance.[2] Teitgen's father, Henri Teitgen (1882–1965), was a senior politician of the Popular Republican Movement.

A member of

European Community when he was Minister of Information and Civil service in 1949–1950. He was later Minister of Overseas in 1950. He was member of the Constitutional Committee in 1958. He was twice Deputy Prime Minister in 1947–1948 and 1953–1954. He was member of the Consultative Constitutional Committee in 1958 but became a critic of de Gaulle's policies.[1]

He supported the Socialist Defferre in his attempt as candidate for presidency in 1965. In September 1976, he was appointed member of the European Court of Human Rights. He had helped to create the court some 27 years earlier, in 1949, outlining its powers and the rights it should protect in a report for the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. Teitgen died in Paris in 1997.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Johnson, Douglas (9 April 1997). "Obituary: Pierre-Henri Teitgen". The Independent. Retrieved 21 January 2016
  2. ^ "Pierre-Henri TEITGEN". Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Pierre-Henri Teitgen - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1945–1946
Succeeded by