Pierre Messmer
Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (20 March 1916 – 29 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV – and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974. A member of the French Foreign Legion, he was considered as one of the historical Gaullists, and died aged 91 in the military hospital of the Val-de-Grâce. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1999.
Read more about Pierre Messmer: Early Career, After World War II, From The 1970s To The 2000s, Political Career, Honours, Messmer's First Ministry, 6 July 1972 – 2 April 1973, Messmer's Second Ministry, 6 April 1973 – 1 March 1974, Messmer's Third Ministry, 1 March – 28 May 1974, Bibliography