Albin Chalandon, a former keeper of the Seals, is death - The Point

The former keeper of the Seals and ex-CEO of Elf Aquitaine Albin Chalandon has died, announced Thursday, July 30, in a tweet, the minister of Justice, Eric Dupo

Albin Chalandon, a former keeper of the Seals, is death - The Point

The former keeper of the Seals and ex-CEO of Elf Aquitaine Albin Chalandon has died, announced Thursday, July 30, in a tweet, the minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti. "With the death of Albin Chalandon, France loses one of its fighters of the Liberation, the Republic one of its great servants and the ministry of Justice, one of his former Guards. At this moment, I think with emotion, to his wife, to his children and to his relatives, " wrote the minister. Albin Chalandon, who has led a double career politician and businessman, was 100 years old.

Born June 11, 1920 in Reyrieux (Ain), bachelor of letters, Albin Chalandon in the Resistance and participated in the Liberation of Paris in 1944. After the inspection of Finance, he became a member of the cabinet of Léon Blum, then president of the provisional government. He then committed in the political life and enrolled in the RPF (gaullist) in 1948. In 1952, he founded the commercial Bank of Paris, which he chaired from 1964 to 1968. Income to the policy in 1958 with general de Gaulle, he became secretary-general of the UNR (1958-1959), and then deputy secretary general of the UDR (1974-1975). Member of parliament for the Hauts-de-Seine (1968 and 1973), he was elected mp for the North in 1986, but forfeits his electoral mandate to enter government.

Policy and man of affairs

Industry Minister Georges Pompidou from may to July 1968, he is the minister of Equipment and Housing within the governments Couve de Murville (1968-1969) and Chaban-Delmas (1969-1972). In 1969, he proposed the idea of homes affordable for households. Approximately 65 000 "chalandonnettes" are constructed between 1970 and 1972. But some are experiencing technical problems, causing the discontent of their owners. Albin Chalandon then became president of the group, government-owned Elf Aquitaine (1977-1983). It was removed after the arrival to power of the left to have wanted to oppose the restructuring plan of heavy chemical French.

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Appointed keeper of the Seals in 1986 in the government of cohabitation, Jacques Chirac, Mr. Chalandon y is the symbol for a security policy. In 2010, he was put in custody in the case of Visionex, a company suspected of making Internet terminals allowing clandestine bets and targeted by an investigation in which his son has been indicted. It is one of the mentors of the former minister of Justice Rachida Dati. Grand cross of the Legion of honour and the war Cross 1939-1945, Albin Chalandon was the father of three children. He shared the life of the journalist Catherine Nay.

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Date Of Update: 30 July 2020, 05:33
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