Yvon Bourges
Yvon Bourges | |
|---|---|
Minister of Defence | |
| In office 1975–1980 | |
| President | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Prime Minister | Jacques Chirac Raymond Barre |
| Preceded by | Jacques Soufflet |
| Succeeded by | Joël Le Theule |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1921 Pau, France |
| Died | 18 April 2009 (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Political party | UDR |
| Alma mater | University of Rennes |
Yvon Bourges (29 June 1921 – 18 April 2009) was a French politician and colonial administrator. He was the final
Biography
Born in Pau, Bourges graduated from the law faculty at the University of Rennes.[1]
He became a Gaullist in 1940 in the French Resistance and joined the prefectural administration in 1942, as an assistant to the prefecture of Rennes.[2] He became Chief of Staff of the Somme prefecture two years later, the office of the Prefect of Ille-et-Vilaine Philibert Dupard, then prefect Roger Martin to be decided during the liberation of France. Yvon Bourges then participates in the transition of power and was appointed to posts in Amiens and Strasbourg. At just 25, he became, in 1947, sub-prefect of Erstein.[citation needed]
In 1951, at the request of the High Commissioner Bernard Cornut-Gentille, he joined the administration in French Equatorial Africa (AEF) to prepare colonies for independence. Governor of Upper Volta in 1956, then High Commissioner of the AEF from July 1958 to 1960.[2] He then wrote many articles, including "Tips from colony to his successors" in the newspaper La Roue, an independent body appearing in French Sudan in the years 1950-60.[citation needed]
In 1961, he returned to France at the request of Interior Minister Roger Frey to be appointed the Chief of Staff, a position he has to face the actions of the OAS.[1] He entered politics in 1962 as a deputy of Ille-et-Vilaine and mayor of Dinard until 1967. Charles de Gaulle appointed Bourges in 1965 Secretary of State for Scientific Research, then Secretary of State for Information (1966-1967), the Cooperation (1967-1968) and Foreign Affairs (1968-1969).[1]
After the election of
Bourges was General counsel from 1964 to 1988, he met the head of the municipality of Dinard between 1971 and 1989 and, succeeding Raymond Marcellin, he chaired the Regional Council of Brittany from 1986 to 1998.[1] He was MEP from 1973 to 1975, he chaired the Pan-European Movement from 1993 and published in 1999 "Europe our destiny".[2]
In 1998, he retired from politics.
