Louis Joxe
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Louis Joxe (16 September 1901 – 6 April 1991) was a French statesman, judge, and politician. He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine.
Career
Joxe, along with René Capitant, the resistance organization Combat-Algérie, the only branch of Combat outside of metropolitan France.
- Ambassador of France to the USSR (1952–1955)
- Ambassador of France to the Federal Republic of Germany (-July 1956)
- Secretary General
- Minister of National Education (from 15 January 1960 to 23 November 1960 and from 15 October 1962 to 28 November 1962)
- Minister of Algerian Affairs (1960–1962) - signed the Évian Accords
- Minister of Administrative Reforms (1962–1967)
- Minister of Justice (6 April 1967 to 30 May 1968)
- Deputy of Rhône (1967–1977)
- Judge of the Constitutional Council of France
Personal life
He was married to Françoise-Hélène Halévy and was the father of the politician Pierre Joxe. Louis Joxe died in 1991, aged 89, in Paris.
Bibliography
- Adams, Geoffrey (2006). Political Ecumenism: Catholics, Jews, and Protestants in De Gaulle's Free France, 1940-1945. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 9780773576667.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byMichel Debré | Minister of National Education 1960 | Succeeded byPierre Guillaumat |
| Preceded byPierre Sudreau | Minister of National Education 1962 | Succeeded byChristian Fouchet |
| Preceded byJean Foyer | Minister of Justice 1967–1968 | Succeeded byRené Capitant |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded byHenri Rey | Member of the Constitutional Council 1977–1989 | Succeeded byJacques Robert |