- Georges Gorse
Georges Gorse, French
politician anddiplomat , (February 15, 1915 inCahors – 17 March 2002).After qualifying in 1939 he became professor at the
University of Cairo . DuringWorld War II he joinedCharles de Gaulle and theFree French as Director of Information, served on the Provisional Consultative Assembly and marched up theChamps-Élysées 1945.After the war he was elected to represent the
Vendee in theFrench National Assembly from 1946-1951, and then theSection Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière (SFIO ) from 1951 onwards. In 1957,Guy Mollet made him anAmbassador toAlgeria , then he was elected asGaullist representative which he held from 1967-1997.During the events of May 1968, having attended a private political meeting as Minister of Information, he broke the news to the French media of
de Gaulle 's now notorious statement "reform yes, but 'chienlit , no".Georges Gorse held a wide range of positions of state.
* Under-secretary of State for Muslim Affairs 1946 to 1947
* Under-secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1949 to 1950
* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1961 to 1962
* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1962
* Minister for Co-operation, 1962
* Ambassador toAlgeria , 1963 to 1967
* Minister of Labour, 1973 to 1974
* Mayor ofBoulogne-Billancourt , 1971 to 1991Bibliography
* Georges Gorse - Autobiography, "Je n'irai pas à mon enterrement" ("I will not go to my burial"). published 1992
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