Robert Buron
Robert Buron | |
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Finance Minister of France | |
In office 8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953 | |
Preceded by | Edgar Faure - Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - Edgar Faure |
Succeeded by | Pierre Pflimlin - Edgar Faure - Antoine Pinay |
President of OECD | |
In office 1962–1966 | |
Mayor of Laval, Mayenne | |
In office 1971–1973 | |
Preceded by | Francis Le Basser |
Succeeded by | André Pinçon |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Albert Gaston Buron 27 February 1910 Paris, France |
Died | 28 April 1973 | (aged 63)
Nationality | French |
Spouse(s) | Marie-Louise Trouillard (1910-2006) |
Children | Martine Buron (1944) |
Profession | Politician |
Robert Buron (27 February 1910 – 28 April 1973) was a French politician and Minister of Finance from 20 January 1955 to 23 February 1955 and Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism during Charles de Gaulle's third term from 9 June 1958 to 8 January 1959.[1][2]
Biography[]
Buron was born in 1910 in Paris; he was kidnapped during the 1961 Algiers putsch and in 1965 he founded , a politics-movement. He married Marie-Louise 'Melle' Trouillard (1910-2006) in July 1938, with whom he had a daughter, Martine Buron b.1944, who was a Member of the European Parliament from 1984 until 1994, representing the Parti Socialiste.
In the last years of his life, he was mayor of Laval.[3]
He died in 1973 in Paris.[4] In his honor, the Lycée Robert Buron in Laval was named for him.
Fotogallery[]
Robert Buron's bust in 11 November Square, Laval, Mayenne, France
Robert Buron's monument in the garden of the castle of Laval, Mayenne, France, made by Émile Gilioli
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Buron. |
- ^ Robert Buron. villaines-la-juhel.fr
- ^ Robert Buron. assemblee-nationale.fr
- ^ "ROBERT BURON". villaines-la-juhel.fr. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Robert BURON - 01/10/2012". CAEF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
Bibliography[]
- Marcel Launay, Robert Buron, témoignages de Pierre Pflimlin et Jean Offredo, Paris: Beauchesne, 1993, 208 p. (Politiques & chrétiens).
- Michel Gaignard, "Robert Buron s'implante en Mayenne", L'Oribus, num. 65, March 2006.
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