Michel Crépeau

For other uses, see Crépeau (disambiguation).

Michel Crépeau (30 October 1930, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée – 30 March 1999, Paris) was a French centre-left politician.

Born in 1930, barrister, he joined the Radical Party. When it split in 1972, he founded the Movement of Left Radicals (MRG) which chosen the alliance with the Socialist Party and the French Communist Party. Elected Mayor of La Rochelle in 1971, and Member of French National Assembly representing of Charente Maritime département in 1973, he kept these terms until his death in 1999.

MRG candidate in the 1981 presidential election, he obtained 2,2% of votes in the first round, then he called to vote for François Mitterrand in the second round. He became his Environment Minister from 1981 to 1983, then his Trade and Craft Industry Minister from 1983 to 1986. When Robert Badinter was nominated President of the Constitutional Council, in February 1986, he succeeded him as Justice Minister but the Left lost the legislative election one month later and, consequently, he was forced to resign.

Michel Crépeau died in Paris on 30 March 1999, after a heart attack which had arisen few days earlier during a parliamentary session of the National Assembly.^[1]

Political offices
Preceded by Robert Badinter	Minister of Justice 1986	Succeeded by Albin Chalandon

References

1. ^ (French)"Michel Crépeau (30 October 1930-30 March 1999)". French National Assembly. http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/evenements/crepeau/biographie.asp. Retrieved 19 June 2011. 

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

External links

• (French) Official biography on the French National Assembly's website

Persondata
Name	Crépeau, Michel
Alternative names	Crépeau, Michel Édouard Jean
Short description	French politician
Date of birth	30 October 1930
Place of birth	Fontenay-le-Comte (Vendée)
Date of death	30 March 1999
Place of death	Paris