Alain Savary

French politician (1918–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alain Savary (25 April 1918  17 February 1988) was a French Socialist politician, deputy to the National Assembly of France during the Fourth and Fifth Republic, chairman of the Socialist Party (PS) and a government minister in the 1950s and in 19811984, when he was appointed by President François Mitterrand as Minister of National Education.[1]

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Alain Savary
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Minister of National Education
In office
22 May 1981  17 July 1984
Prime MinisterPierre Mauroy
Preceded byChristian Beullac
Succeeded byJean-Pierre Chevènement
First Secretary of the French Socialist Party
In office
17 July 1969  16 June 1971
Preceded byGuy Mollet
Succeeded byFrançois Mitterrand
Personal details
Born(1918-04-25)25 April 1918
Algiers, French Algeria
Died17 February 1988(1988-02-17) (aged 69)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
EducationLycée Buffon
Alma materÉcole Libre des Sciences Politiques
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