André Morice is a politician French, born the October 10th 1900 with Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) and deceased the January 17th 1990 in Nantes.

Public works contractor. Mobilized in 1939, he is prisoner during the Occupation but its company collaborates in the construction of the “Atlantic Wall” (by the Organization Todt). With the Release, it takes again the management of the Nantes Firm of public works. Radical appointed elected official of the Loire-Inférieure in 1945, it sits at the National Assembly until 1958. He is under-secretary of State, then Secretary of State to Technical education, Youth and the Sports in 1951, with a short interruption in 1950 when he is named Minister for State education government Henri Queuille (2). He occupies then the functions of Minister for the Merchant navy in 1952 in the government Edgar Faure (1), of, Transport and Tourism in 1953 in the cabinets Antoine Pinay and Rene Mayer, Commercial Minister in 1956 in the cabinet Edgar Faure (2) and finally public Minister Minister for Labor for National defense and the Armed forces in 1957 in the government of Maurice Bourges-Maunoury).

For this reason, it conceives the Ligne Morice, an electrified and undermined stopping which separates the Algérie from its neighbors and is intended to prevent infiltrations of elements of the Armée with national release (A). This partisan of French Algeria opposes with Queuille the policy of Pierre Mendès France and founds the republican Center in 1956. With independent the Roger Duchet, the ex-gaullist Jacques Soustelle and the ex-MRP Georges Bidault, he fights within the framework of the “conference of Vincennes” against the Algerian policy of the de Gaulle general. He is mayor of Nantes of 1965 to 1977 with the head of a municipality which goes from the independent to SFIO. From 1965 to 1983, he is senator of the Loire-Atlantique (democratic Gauche).

(A) - the hedge with cows In Carnet of Africas by Jacques Nougier. ED. Harmattan (2006) ISBN: 2-296-01569-7.

Governmental functions

• Under-secretary of State to the Technical education of the Government Robert Schuman (1) (from November 26th, 1947 to July 26th, 1948)
• Secretary of State to the Presidency of the Council and the Technical education of the Government Andre Marie (from July 26th to September 5th, 1948)
• Secretary of State to Technical education, the Youth and the Sports of the Government Henri Queuille (1) (from September 11th, 1948 to October 28th, 1949)
• Secretary of State to Technical education, the Youth and the Sports of the Government Georges Bidault (2) (from October 29th, 1949 to July 2nd, 1950)
• Minister for Education nationaledu Government Henri Queuille (2) (from July 2nd to 12th 1950)
• Secretary of State to Technical education, the Youth and the Sports of the Government Rene Pleven (1) (from July 12th, 1950 to March 10th, 1951)
• Secretary of State to Technical education, the Youth and the Sports of the Government Henri Queuille (3) (from March 10th to August 11th, 1951)
• Minister for the Merchant navy of the Government Rene Pleven (2) (from August 11th, 1951 to January 20th, 1952)
• Minister for the Merchant navy of the Government Edgar Faure (1) (from January 20th to March 8th, 1952)
• public Minister for Labor, Transport and Tourism of the Government Antoine Pinay (from March 8th, 1952 to January 8th, 1953)
• public Minister for Labor, Transport and Tourism of the Government Rene Mayer (from January 8th to June 28th, 1953)
• Minister of Industry and Trade of the Government Edgar Faure (2) (from February 23rd, 1955 to February 1st, 1956)
• Minister for the National defense and the Armed forces of the Government Maurice Bourges-Maunoury (from June 13rd to November 6th, 1957)