André Henry (born 15 October 1934) is a
French politician
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. He served as Minister of Free Time from 1981 to 1983, under former President
François Mitterrand.
[Claire Frances Ullman, ''The welfare state's other crisis: explaining the new partnership between nonprofit organizations and the state in France'', Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1998, p. 10]
/ref>[David L. Looseley, ''The Politics of Fun: Cultural Policy and Debate in Contemporary France'', Berg, 1997, p.7]
/ref>[Frank R. Baumgartner, ''Conflict and Rhetoric in French Policymaking'', Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989 p. 3]
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Biography
He was a trade union
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ist for the Federation for National Education.[Frank Lee Wilson, ''Interest-group politics in France'', Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987, p. 8]
/ref> From 1981 to 1983, he served as Minister of Free Time.non-profit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
s in France.[Peter Bramham, ''Leisure and urban processes: critical studies of leisure policy in Western European cities'', Routledge, 1989, p.7]
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References
Government ministers of France
1934 births
Living people
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