Pierre-Henri Teitgen (29 May 1908 – 6 April 1997) was a French lawyer, professor and politician.Johnson, Douglas (9 April 1997)

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''. Retrieved 21 January 2016 Teitgen was born in

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, Brittany. Taken POW in 1940, he played a major role in the

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"Pierre-Henri Teitge"
Retrieved 21 January 2016 . Teitgen's father, Henri Teitgen (1882–1965), was a senior politician of the centre-right MRP (party). A member of

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from 1945 to 1958 for Ille-et-Vilaine, Pierre-Henri was president of the Popular Republican Movement (Christian Democratic Party) from 1952 to 1956. He was Minister of Information in 1944 (one of the founders of the daily ''

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''), Minister of Justice in 1945–1946 (in charge of the purges from government of the

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's followers and of Nazi collaborators), Minister of Defence in 1947–48 in

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's government at the time of the insurrectional strikes. In May 1948, he attended the

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and worked closely with

in Schuman Declaration and the start of the

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when he was Minister of Information and Civil service in 1949–1950. He was later Minister of Overseas in 1950. He was member of the Constitutional Committee in 1958. He was twice deputy prime minister in 1947–1948 and 1953–1954. He was member of the Consultative Constitutional Committee in 1958 but became a critic of de Gaulle's policies. He supported the Socialist Defferre in his attempt as candidate for presidency in 1965. In September 1976, he was appointed member of the

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. He had helped to create the court some 27 years earlier, in 1949, outlining its powers and the rights it should protect in a report for the Consultative Assembly of the

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. Teitgen died in Paris in 1997.

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Further reading * Teitgen, Pierre-Henri; ''Faites entrer le Temoin suivant'' 1988 1908 births 1997 deaths Politicians from Rennes French people of German descent Popular Republican Movement politicians French Ministers of Justice French Ministers of Overseas France Ministers of Information of France Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945) Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1946) Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Judges of the European Court of Human Rights French military personnel of World War II French Resistance members French people of the Algerian War Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite French judges of international courts and tribunals {{IlleVilaine-politician-stub