Pierre Messmer

83rd Prime Minister of France (1916-2007) · France · On the map · Politicians · Died at 91

Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer 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.

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2007Died29 August 20072003Prix Claude-FarrèreAward1994Pierre Lafue PrizeAward1993Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAwardLouis-Marin prizeAward1962Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. OlavAward1916Born20 March 1916

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Prix Claude-Farrère2003

Pierre Lafue Prize1994

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour1993

Louis-Marin prize1993

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav1962

Croix de guerre 1939-1945

Companion of the Liberation

Order of the Star of Romania

Overseas Medal

Commander of the order of Nichan Iftikhar

Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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A member of the French Foreign Legion, he was considered one of the historical Gaullists, and died aged 91 in the military hospital of the Val-de-Grâce in August 2007. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1999; his seat was taken over by Simone Veil.

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