Maurice Couve de Murville

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81st Prime Minister of France (1907-1999)

France PoliticiansLived 1907 to 1999 · aged 92

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Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville receiving David Ben-Gurion at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, June 1960

Awards 12

1996Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

1922Concours général

Order of the Francisque

Bavarian Order of Merit

Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite

Order of the Equatorial Star

Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion

Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania

Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry

Grand Officer of the National Order of Benin

Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

In their orbit 1

SpouseVéra Fabre

Connected to Maurice 6

Omar BongoAlso won Order of the Equatorial Star

Jean-Yves Le DrianAlso won Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion

Michel DebréAlso won Grand Officer of the National Order of Benin

Maurice DuvergerAlso won Order of the Francisque

Angela GheorghiuAlso won Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania

Émile LittréAlso won Concours général

About this person

Jacques-Maurice Couve de Murville was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle. As foreign minister he played the leading role in the critical Franco-German treaty of cooperation in 1963, he laid the foundation for the Paris-Bonn axis that was central in building a united Europe.

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France