Robert Galley

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Robert Galley
Minister of Housing
In office
31 May 1968 – 10 July 1968
PresidentCharles de Gaulle
Prime MinisterGeorges Pompidou
Preceded byFrançois-Xavier Ortoli
Succeeded byAlbin Chalandon
Personal details
Born(1921-01-11)11 January 1921
Paris, France
Died8 June 2012(2012-06-08) (aged 91)
Troyes, France
Political partyUDR
RPR
SpouseJeanne Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Alma materÉcole 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]

References

  1. ^ "Décès de Robert Galley, ancien ministre et figure du gaullisme". Le Monde. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Death of former Gaulist and resistance figure Robert Galley". New 12. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  3. L'Express (France)
    . 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-27.