Pierre Sudreau

Pierre Sudreau[1][2][3]
Minister for Building Works Ministre de la Construction
In office 1 June 1958 – 15 April 1962
President	René Coty Charles de Gaulle
Prime Minister	Charles de Gaulle Michel Debré
Education Minister Ministre de l'Éducation Nationale
In office 15 April 1962 – 15 October 1962
President	Charles de Gaulle
Prime Minister	Georges Pompidou
Preceded by	Lucien Paye
Succeeded by	Louis Joxe
Member of the French National Assembly for Loir-et-Cher
In office 1967–1981
President of Loir-et-Cher
In office 1967–1981
Mayor of Blois
In office 1971–1989
Succeeded by	Jack Lang
Personal details
Born	(1919-05-13)13 May 1919 Paris, France
Died	22 January 2012(2012-01-22) (aged 92) Paris, France
Political party	PDM (1967–1973) RCDS (1973–1978) UDF (1978–1981)
Spouse	Francette Brun Sudreau
Children	Jean Sudreau (deceased) Anne Sudreau O'Connor (deceased) Bernard Sudreau
Parent(s)	Jean Sudreau Marie-Marguerite Boyer Sudreau

Pierre Sudreau (13 May 1919 – 22 January 2012) was a French politician. His childhood correspondence with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) helped inspire the title character of the 1943 novel The Little Prince.[4]

Biography

Sudreau was born in Paris, the son of businessman Jean Sudreau and Marie-Marguerite (née Boyer) Sudreau.[5]

He announced his resignation as French Education Minister in October 1962 in protest against a proposal by Charles de Gaulle to amend the constitution.[6][7]

In 1985, Sudreau sat on the "Jury of Honor" that assessed whatever the film Des terroristes à la retraite should be aired in France or not.[8] Sudreau referred to the recent Palestinian bombings of American and Israeli targets and stated: "at the very moment when we are again talking about direct action, this broadcast legitimizes terrorist methods.”[9] The "Jury of Honor" in its report stated “though it is highly desirable that a film inform French of all generations about the saga of the FTP-MOI, such a film nevertheless still remains to be made”.[8]

Personal life

He was married to France Brun; they had three children: Jean Sudreau (predeceased), Anne Sudreau O'Connor (predeceased), and Bernard Sudreau.[5] His son Jean died of lung cancer and was married to Danièle Louis-Dreyfus, daughter of French Resistance fighter and businessman Pierre Louis-Dreyfus.[10]

Publications

• 1967 L'enchaînement (Plon)
• 1980 La stratégie de l'absurde (Plon)
• 1985 De l'inertie politique (éditions Stock)
• 1991 Au-delà de toutes les frontières

Bibliography

• Christiane Rimbaud, Pierre Sudreau, Le Cherche Midi, 2004

References

1. "Pierre Sudreau, ancien grand résistant, est mort". Le Monde. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
2. "L'ancien ministre Pierre Sudreau est mort". Le Figaro. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
3. "Décès du grand résistant Pierre Sudreau". Libération. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
4. "Pierre Sudreau". The Telegraph. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
5. "Biographie Pierre Sudreau Préfet (E.R.), Ancien ministre, Député honoraire". www.whoswho.fr. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
6. "EDUCATION MINISTER RESIGNS IN FRANCE". The New York Times. 9 October 1962. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
7. "De Gaulle Opponents Build Up Pressure". The Christian Science Monitor. 8 October 1962. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
8. Bowles 2011, p. 197.
9. Bowles 2011, p. 198.
10. Pepperdine Law Magazine: "Making Her Own Way - Laure Sudreau-Rippe discusses the highs and lows of her success as a lawyer and her determination to save her husband's life" Archived 15 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Spring - Summer 2012

Books

• Bowles, Brett (2011). "Historiography, Memory, and the Politics of Form in Mosco Boucault's Terrorists in Retirement". In Sandra Ott (ed.). War, Exile, Justice, and Everyday Life, 1936–1946. Reno: University of Nevada. pp. 191–224. ISBN 978-1-935709-09-1.

External links

• Media related to Pierre Sudreau at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Lucien Paye	Minister of National Education 1962	Succeeded by Louis Joxe