Maurice Faure | |
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Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice | |
In office 22 May 1981 – 23 June 1981 | |
President | François Mitterrand |
Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy |
Preceded by | Alain Peyrefitte |
Succeeded by | Robert Badinter |
Member of the Constitutional Council | |
In office 1989–1998 | |
Appointed by | François Mitterrand |
President | Robert Badinter Roland Dumas |
Preceded by | Georges Vedel |
Succeeded by | Pierre Mazeaud |
Personal details | |
Born | Azerat, France | 2 January 1922
Died | 6 March 2014 Cahors, France | (aged 92)
Political party | Radical Party of the Left |
Other political affiliations | Radical Party |
Maurice Faure (2 January 1922 – 6 March 2014) was a member of the French Resistance and a minister in several French governments.[1][2] He was born in Azerat, Dordogne.
He was a deputy in the French parliament from 1951 to 1983 and a Senator from 1983 to 1988, representing Lot and served 25 years as Mayor of Cahors.[1] Faure was appointed to the Constitutional Council of France by President François Mitterrand.[1]
As secretary to the French foreign minister, he co-signed the Treaty of Rome for France in 1957, thus helping to create the European Union.[3][4][5]
In 1957, Faure was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria.[6]
Faure died in March 2014 at the age of 92 in Cahors, Lot. He was a Protestant in his youth.[7]