Lucien Paye (born in Vernoil-le-Fourrier,

Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...

on 28 June 1907 – died on 25 April 1972) was a French politician. He was doctor of letters. He was Minister of National Education from 20 February 1961 to 15 April 1962 in the Government

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, then senior representative of France in

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in 1962. He was the first ambassador of France in

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from 1964 to 1969. He chaired the Committee on Reform of the ORTF from 1968 to 1970 and was the first president of the

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s from 1970 to 1972. His son, Jean-Claude Paye, became Secretary-General of the

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(OECD).

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