Maurice Bourges-Maunoury

Maurice Bourges-Maunoury , born on August 19th 1914 with Shining (Eure-et-Loir), deceased on February 10th 1993 with Paris, was a Politician French.

Biography

Formation

raises Polytechnic school (X 1935)

Political commitment

It engages in the Résistance, where it is friendly of Jacques Delmas (called Chaban in Resistance), and of Felix Gaillard. It is wounded on September 2nd 1944, it receives de Gaulle the cross of Compagnon of the Release. It becomes in 1945, police chief of the Republic with Bordeaux. It is one of young Turkish of the Parti radical socialist. It is located at the right-hand side of this party.

Co-operation with Israel

In 1953, Shimon Peres is named managing director of the ministry for the defense of Israel. In this function, it is implied particularly in the purchase of weapons for the young State of Israel. It goes to France in 1954 and makes the meeting of Abel Thomas, managing director of the ministry for the Interior, which introduces its minister Maurice Bourges-Maunoury to him. Together, they set up a collaboration between the intelligence services in the fight against the Egyptian common enemy shown by France to support the Algerian freedom fighters. In 1956, Bourges-Maunoury becomes Minister for Defense in the government of Guy Mollet. A close cooperation free-Israeli starts. The efforts of Fathers are effective and it succeeds in acquiring, near the France, the first nuclear reactor of Dimona and, near the French airframe manufacturer Dassault, the Mirage III, a fighter to reaction.

With the government of France

It occupied the functions of President of the Council of the ministers:

of the June 13rd 1957 with the November 6th 1957: to see Government Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
succédant with Guy Mollet (government Calf), and being in its replaced turn, the November 6th 1957, by Strong Felix (Strong government). In this function, it makes ratify the Treaty of Rome instituting E.E.C.

It provided also various ministerial functions:

Secretary of State to the Budget of the Government Robert Schuman (1) (from November 26th, 1947 to July 26th, 1948)
Secretary of State to the Armed forces of the Government Andre Marie (from July 26th to September 5th, 1948)
Secretary of State to the Armed forces of the Government Robert Schuman (2) (from September 5th to 11th 1948)
public Minister for Labor, Transport and Tourism of the Government Henri Queuille (2) (of the July 2nd to the July 12th 1950)
Secretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of the Government Rene Pleven (1) (from July 12th, 1950 to March 10th, 1951)
Secretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of the Government Henri Queuille (3) (from March 10th to August 11th, 1951)
Minister associated of the National defense of the Government Rene Pleven (2) (from August 11th, 1951 to January 20th, 1952)
Minister for the Armament of the Government Edgar Faure (2) (of the January 20th to the March 8th 1952)
Minister for Finance of the Government Rene Mayer (of the January 8th to the June 28th 1953).
Il negotiates advances of Banque de France and obtains to the USA a help increased in reasons of the needs for the war of Indo-China.
Minister Commercial and the Industry of the Government Pierre Mendès France (of the June 19th to the September 3rd 1954).
Quitte the government because of the failure of Transport, CED
public Minister for Labor and Tourism, interim of the government Pierre Mendès France (of the August 14th to the September 3rd 1954)
Ministre for the Armed forces of the government Pierre Mendès France (of the January 20th to the February 23rd 1955)
Minister of Interior Department of the Gouvernement Edgar Faure (2) (of the February 23rd at February 1st 1955).
Quitte the government two months before its fall.
Minister for the National defense of the Government Guy Mollet (of the 1956 to the June 13rd 1957).
It is in favor of a military solution in Algeria and it is opposed to the evacuation of Port-Saïd (forwarding of Suez).
Minister of Interior Department of the Strong Felix Government (of the November 6th 1957 with the May 14th 1958).
It had to face a demonstration of police officers in front of the Palate-Bourbon in March 1958.

Ve République

He is opposed to the return of De Gaulle to the capacity and fact countryside against the constitution of Ve République.

He is candidate in the Moors with the legislative elections of 1973. But, in spite of the support of the majority, he does not manage to return to the National Assembly, vis-a-vis Servan-Schreiber, president of the radical party.

Electoral mandates

1946 - 1958: deputy of the Haute-Garonne
general adviser of the canton of Montastruc-the-Adviser of 1949 to 1973.

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