Michel Debré
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His Excellency Michel Debré |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
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In office 26 November 1962 – 14 May 1988 |
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| Constituency | Réunion |
| French Minister of Defence | |
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In office 22 June 1969 – 5 April 1973 |
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| Prime Minister |
Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Pierre Messmer |
| Preceded by | Pierre Messmer |
| Succeeded by | Robert Galley |
| French Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 31 May 1968 – 16 June 1969 |
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| Prime Minister |
Georges Pompidou, Maurice Couve de Murville |
| Preceded by | Maurice Couve de Murville |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Schumann |
| French Minister of Finances | |
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In office 8 January 1966 – 31 May 1968 |
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| Prime Minister | Georges Pompidou |
| Preceded by | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Couve de Murville |
| 99th Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 8 January 1959 – 14 April 1962 |
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| President | Charles de Gaulle |
| Preceded by | Charles de Gaulle |
| Succeeded by | Georges Pompidou |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Michel Jean-Pierre Debré 15 January 1912 Paris, France |
| Died | 2 August 1996 (aged 84) Montlouis-sur-Loire, Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Political party |
Radical-Socialist Party (1934–1947) Rally of the French People (1947–1955) Union for the New Republic (1948–1968) Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1976) Rally for the Republic (1976–1988) |
| Spouse(s) | Anne-Marie Lemaresquier (m. 1936) |
| Children | Vincent (b. 1939) François (b. 1942) Bernard (b. 1944) Jean-Louis (b. 1944) |
| Alma mater |
École Libre des Sciences Politiques University of Paris |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Awards |
 Legion of Honour War Cross
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| Signature |  |
| Website | Government profile site |
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| Allegiance |
 Vichy France Free France
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| Service/branch |
 France Army
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| Years of service | 1939–1945 |
| Rank |
Commissioner of the Republic Lieutenant |
| Unit | French Cavalry |
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Michel Jean-Pierre Debré (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl dəbʁe]; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962. In terms of political personality, he was intense and immovable, with a tendency to rhetorical extremism.
Debré was born in Paris, the son of Robert Debré, the well-known Jewish professor of medicine, who is today considered by many to be the founder of modern pediatrics. His grandfather was a rabbi. Michel Debré himself was a Roman Catholic.
He studied at the Lycée Montaigne and then at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, obtained a diploma from the École Libre des Sciences Politiques, and a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Paris. He then became a Professor of Law at the University of Paris. He also joined the École des Officiers de Réserve de la Cavalerie (Reserve Cavalry-Officers School) in Saumur. In 1934, at the age of twenty-two, Debré passed the entrance exam and became a member of the Conseil d'État. In 1938, he joined the staff of the Economy Minister Paul Reynaud.
In 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War, Debré was enlisted as a cavalry officer. He was taken prisoner in Artenay in June 1940 during the Battle of France but managed to escape in September of that year. He returned to the Conseil d'État, now under the administration of the Vichy regime, and was sworn in by Marshal Philippe Pétain. In 1942 he was promoted to maître des requêtes by the Minister of Justice. After the German invasion of the free zone in November 1942, Debré's political pétainisme disappeared, and in February 1943 he became involved in the French Resistance, joining the network Ceux de la Résistance (CDLR).
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