Robert Buron (27 February 1910 – 28 April 1973) was a French politician. Buron represented Mayenne as a deputy in the French National Assembly from 1945 to 1958 and was a minister in several French governments during France’s Fourth and early Fifth Republics, including a
Minister of Finance from 20 January 1955 to 23 February 1955 and a Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism from 9 June 1958 to 16 May 1962 under
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Re ...
.
Biography
Buron was born in 1910 in Paris. He married Marie-Louise 'Melle' Trouillard (1910-2006) in July 1938, with whom he had a daughter, Martine Buron (1944-). Martine Buron was a
Member of the European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
from 1984 until 1994, representing the
Parti Socialiste.
Buron was kidnapped during the 1961
Algiers putsch. In 1965 he founded
Objectif 72, a political movement.
In the last years of his life, Buron served as the mayor of
Laval.
He died in 1973 in Paris.
In his honor, the Lycée Robert Buron in Laval was named after him.
Gallery
Image:Robert Buron.png, Robert Buron in 1945.
References
Bibliography
* Marcel Launay, ''Robert Buron'', témoignages de
Pierre Pflimlin et Jean Offredo, Paris: Beauchesne, 1993, 208 p. (Politiques & chrétiens).
* Michel Gaignard, ''"Robert Buron s'implante en Mayenne"'', ''L'Oribus'', num. 65, March 2006.
External links
''Atonie politique et "buronisme" en Mayenne''
1910 births
1973 deaths
Politicians from Paris
Popular Democratic Party (France) politicians
Popular Republican Movement politicians
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Ministers of information of France
Ministers of transport of France
Ministers of the overseas of France
Finance ministers 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
Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
French people of the Algerian War
Mayors of places in Pays de la Loire
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