Robert Galley
Robert Galley | |
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Minister of Housing | |
In office 31 May 1968 – 10 July 1968 | |
President | Charles de Gaulle |
Prime Minister | Georges Pompidou |
Preceded by | François-Xavier Ortoli |
Succeeded by | Albin Chalandon |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 11 January 1921
Died | 8 June 2012 Troyes, France | (aged 91)
Political party | UDR RPR |
Spouse | Jeanne Leclerc de Hauteclocque |
Alma mater | École Centrale Paris |
Robert Galley (11 January 1921 – 8 June 2012) was a French
Ordre de la Libération.[1]
Galley was born in
Free French Forces and was sent to North Africa, including the Battle of El Alamein. Galley was next stationed within General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque's 2nd Armored Division, through which he participated in the Liberation of Paris and the Western Allied invasion of Germany.[2] Galley later married General Leclerc de Hauteclocque's daughter, Jeanne Leclerc de Hauteclocque, following the end of World War II.[2]
After the war, Galley passed the entrance examinations to the French graduate engineering
Ecole Centrale Paris
, from which he graduated in 1949.
He worked and held various positions in areas of petroleum, nuclear energy, and informatics. From 1955 to 1966, he headed the construction of various nuclear plants and research facilities for the
INRIA
in 1967.
Galley began his political career in 1968.Minister of Defence from 1973 to 1974, and Minister of Cooperation from 1976 to 1980.[2]
Galley also served as Mayor of Troyes from 1972 to 1995.[2]
Robert Galley died in Troyes, France, on June 8, 2012, at the age of 91.[2][3]