Deputy
Robert Buron
Finance Minister of France
In office
8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953
Preceded byEdgar Faure - Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - Edgar Faure
Succeeded byPierre Pflimlin - Edgar Faure - Antoine Pinay
President of OECD
In office
1962–1966
Mayor of Laval, Mayenne
In office
1971–1973
Preceded byFrancis Le Basser
Succeeded byAndré Pinçon
Personal details
Born
Robert Albert Gaston Buron

(1910-02-27)27 February 1910
Paris, France
Died28 April 1973(1973-04-28) (aged 63)
SpouseMarie-Louise Trouillard (1910-2006)
ChildrenMartine Buron (born 1944)
ProfessionPolitician

Robert Buron (27 February 1910 – 28 April 1973) was a French politician. Buron represented Mayenne as a deputy in the French National Assembly from 1945 to 1958 and was a minister in several French governments during France’s Fourth and early Fifth Republics, including a Minister of Finance from 20 January 1955 to 23 February 1955 and a Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism from 9 June 1958 to 16 May 1962 under Charles de Gaulle.[1][2]

Biography

Buron was born in 1910 in Paris. He married Marie-Louise 'Melle' Trouillard (1910-2006) in July 1938, with whom he had a daughter, Martine Buron (1944-). Martine Buron was a Member of the European Parliament from 1984 until 1994, representing the Parti Socialiste.

Buron was kidnapped during the 1961 Algiers putsch. In 1965 he founded Objectif 72, a political movement.

In the last years of his life, Buron served as the mayor of Laval.[3]

He died in 1973 in Paris.[4] In his honor, the Lycée Robert Buron in Laval was named after him.

References

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  1. ↑ Robert Buron. villaines-la-juhel.fr
  2. ↑ Robert Buron. assemblee-nationale.fr
  3. ↑ "ROBERT BURON". villaines-la-juhel.fr. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Robert BURON - 01/10/2012". CAEF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

Bibliography

  • Marcel Launay, Robert Buron, témoignages de Pierre Pflimlin et Jean Offredo, Paris: Beauchesne, 1993, 208 p. (Politiques & chrétiens).
  • Michel Gaignard, "Robert Buron s'implante en Mayenne", L'Oribus, num. 65, March 2006.


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