Henri Rochereau (25 March 1908 – 25 January 1999) was a French politician and European Commissioner.
Henri was the son of Victor Rochereau, a
National Assembly of France
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''député'' (deputy) for the
Vendée
Vendée () is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.department (1914–1942). Henri worked as a solicitors clerk and later in an exporting business.
In the
1988 French presidential election
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Jean-Marie Le Pen
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.
Offices
* From 1949 to 1959 he was a member of the
Senate of France
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for the Vendée department and a council leader for the canton of Les Essarts
* From May 1959 to August 1961
Minister for Agriculture
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in the government of
Michel Debré
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Hallstein Commission
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Work
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, and from 1967, in the
Rey Commission
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Work
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