Pierre Arpaillange (13 March 1924 – 11 January 2017) was a French author, senior judge and Government Minister.

Career

After obtaining his law degree, Arpaillange began a judicial career in 1949. He became ''Secrétaire Général du Parquet de la Cour d'Appel de Paris'' ("Secretary Prosecutor General of the Paris Court of Appeal") and ''Secrétaire Général du Parquet de la Cour de Cassation'' ("Secretary Prosecutor General of the

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") in 1962. Seconded to the

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from 1965 to 1974, Arpaillange became adviser to the Minister and, on several occasions, Chief of Staff for the Minister of Justice and Director of Criminal Affairs and Pardons at the Chancellery. He was also a member of the ''Haut Conseil de l'Audiovisuel'' ("High Council for the Audiovisual Industry") in 1973. Adviser to the Supreme Court from 1974, he was promoted to Attorney General at the ''Cour de Cassation'' in 1984. He became

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and

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's first and second governments (12 May 1988 to 1 October 1990). He famously committed a verbal blunder in the

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during a 1990 debate, stating: "In 1989, out of 52 escapees, we've recaptured 53." He left the government in 1990 to serve as a member of the ''Comité d'Honneur du Bicentenaire de la Cour des Comptes'' ("Bicentennial Committee of Honour of the

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").

Decorations

* In 1991, François Mitterrand made him Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour. * He was entitled to wear the ''

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'' ("Cross of Volunteer for the Resistance"). * Officer of the '' Palmes Académiques'' ("Academic Palms").

Books

He authored ''La simple justice'' (Julliard, 1980) ("Simple Justice").

External links

Ancien ministre de la Justice : Monsieur Pierre Arpaillange

Sources

This article was translated from its counterpart on the French Wikipedia on 16 March 2009, and its sources are listed there. {{DEFAULTSORT:Arpaillange, Pierre 1924 births 2017 deaths People from Dordogne French Ministers of Justice Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques 20th-century French judges 21st-century French judges