Historical FigureMale
Edgar Faure
1908 – 1988
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEdgar Jean Faure was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956. Prior to his election to the National Assembly for Jura under the Fourth Republic in 1946, he was a member of the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) in Algiers (1943–1944). A Radical, Faure was married to writer Lucie Meyer. In 1978, he was elected to the Académie Française.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 18, 1908
Béziers
Date of death
March 30, 1988
7th arrondissement of Paris
Citizenship
France
Occupations & fields
politiciandiplomatlegal historianwriterlawyer
Awards & honours
Concours généralPrix CazesPierre Lafue Prize
- Field and occupation
- diplomat, Francúzsko
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