Christian Pineau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Christian Pineau

French Resistance fighter

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1904

Place of Birth: Chaumont, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1995

Profession: politician, diplomat, children's writer, trade unionist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Christian Pineau

  • Christian Pineau (French pronunciation: ?[k?istj?~ pino]; 14 October 1904, in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France – 5 April 1995, in Paris) was a noted French Resistance fighter, who later served an important term as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the late 1950s. Pineau was born in 1904 in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France.
  • His stepfather was the writer Jean Giraudoux, who was married to Pineau's mother.
  • Later, Christian Pineau would say that it was Giraudoux who gave him his love of writing. A World War II French Resistance leader and a close ally of Charles de Gaulle, Pineau was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and survived Buchenwald concentration camp. Pineau represented the Sarthe department as a Socialist in the French National Assembly from 1946 to 1958.
  • After the war, he served as a minister in French governments, 1945–1958.
  • He was minister of supply in Charles de Gaulle's government (1945) and minister of public works (1947–1950) in various governments. He was finance minister for a short time in 1948.
  • Pineau was designated as prime minister of France by President René Coty after the February 1955 resignation of Pierre Mendès-France, but the National Assembly refused to ratify his cabinet by 312 votes against 268; his prime ministership lasted for two days between 17 and 19 February 1955. As foreign minister (February 1956 – May 1958), Pineau was responsible for handling the Suez crisis and for signing the Treaty of Rome on behalf of France.
  • With Guy Mollet, he visited Moscow.
  • In October 1956, he signed the Protocol of Sèvres with Great Britain and Israel on behalf of France. Pineau was a lifelong advocate of European integration. Pineau is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

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