Yves Guéna (born the July 6th 1922 with Brest) is a French politician and former member of the French Constitutional council between 1997 and 2004, while there being named by the President of the Senate. He was president of this institution between 1999 and 2004.
Second world war
At the end of the month of June 1940 it embarks in direction of the England and engages in the rows of the Free France. Lieutenant with the 4th Squadron of 1st RMSM, it unloads with 2nd dB but it is seriously wounded in Normandy.
Formation
1946-47 National school of administration
Career
1947: Civil controller with the Morocco1957: Master of the requests to the Council of State
1958-1959: Adviser technical then Principal private secretary of Michel Debré (Minister for Justice)
1959: Assistant editor of cabinet of Michel Debré, First Ministre
1959: High commissioner, then ambassador in Ivory Coast
1962-1981: Deputy of the the Dordogne (1st circ. : Périgueux), registered with the RPR group of the Parliament nationale
1967-1968: Minister for the Stations and Télécommunications
1968: Minister for Information
1968-1969: Minister for the Stations and Télécommunications
1970-1989: General adviser of Dordogne
1972: To advise of État
1974: To advise State honoraire
1971-1997: Mayor of Périgueux
1973-1974: Minister for Transports
1974: Craft industry and Trade, Minister of Industry (March 1st - May 27th)
1974: Assistant general secretary of UDR
1976: General secretary of UDR
1977-1978: Delegated political of RPR
1978-1979: Political adviser of RPR
1986-1988: RPR deputy of Dordogne
1986: Vice-president of the committee of supply of the Parliament nationale
1989-1997: Senator of the Dordogne, registered voter to the RPR group of Sénat
1992-1997: Vice-president of the Senate
1997-2004: Member, then President of the Constitutional council (following the resignation of Roland Dumas).
2004-2007: President of the Institute of the Arab World.
Since 2004, honorary president of the club New century, which gathers the social Gaullistes within the UMP.
After the disappearance of Pierre Messmer in 2007, he is president of the foundation of Free France
Decorations
- Grand' Cross of the Legion of honor (decree of December 31st, 2004)
- Military Cross 39-45
- Medal of Resistance
Works
- Historical of the Community (1962)
- To maintain the State (1970)
- Stake (as a coll 1975)
- the Time of the certainty 1940-1969 (1982)
- Catilina or catch glory (novel, 1984)
- the first Hundred days, April 2nd - July 14th, 1986 (as a coll, 1985)
- Written and speech I (1987)
- Written and speech II (1997)
- Me, duke of Lauzun, Biron citizen (Romance, 1997)
- the Baron Louis 1755-1837 (1999, price Jacques de Fouchier of the French Academy 2000)
- Phèdre 2000 (theater, 2000)
- French history told with my grandchildren (2005)
External bond
- Former member of the Constitutional council: Mr Yves Guéna
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