Édouard Bonnefous
| Édouard Henri Jean Bonnefous | |
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Bonnefous in Paris, 1951
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| Minister of Commerce | |
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In office 20 January 1952 – 8 March 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre Pflimlin |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marie Louvel |
| Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telecommunications | |
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In office 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre Ferri |
| Succeeded by | Eugène Thomas |
| Minister of Public Works, Transport and Tourism | |
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In office 13 June 1957 – 1 June 1958 |
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| Preceded by | Édouard Corniglion-Molinier |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Pinay |
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| Born |
24 August 1907 Paris, France |
| Died | 24 February 2007 (aged 99) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Professor |
Édouard Henri Jean Bonnefous (24 August 1907 – 24 February 2007) was a French politician. Before World War II (1939–45) he was active in the study of international affairs. After the war he was elected a deputy on the Rally of Left Republicans platform in 1946, and remained a deputy until 1958. He served as a minister in several cabinets, and was also active in the Council of Europe. He was a strong advocate of greater European integration. From 1959 to 1986 he was a member of the Senate, where he became a critic of General de Gaulle, and an advocate of protection of the environment.
Édouard Henri Jean Bonnefous was born in Paris on 24 August 1907. He was the son of Georges Bonnefous, a former minister. He was educated in Paris at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and the École Fontanes. He obtained diplomas from the École libre des sciences politiques (Free School of Political Sciences) and the Institut des hautes études internationales (Institute of Advanced International Studies).
Before World War II (1939–45) Bonnefous was involved in political economy and foreign policy, and made various trips abroad for study purposes. He and Jean Sarrailh founded the Institut des hautes études d'Amérique latine (Institute of Advanced Latin American Studies). He was also a journalist and theater critic. In 1937 he contributed economic studies to La Journée industrielle and Le National. He was mobilized in the infantry at the start of World War II. In 1941 he joined the French Resistance. In 1944 he was a member of the departmental committee for the liberation of Seine-et-Oise. He was co-founder, with André Siegfried and Roger Seydoux, of the journal Année politique. He became a professor at the Institut des hautes études internationales.
Bonnefous was a candidate for election to the National Constituent Assembly on 21 October 1945 on the "Republican Concentration" platform, but did poorly. After this he was one of the founders of the Rally of Left Republicans (Rassemblement des gauches républicaines, RGR), and was elected Deputy for Seine-et-Oise on this platform on 10 November 1946. Bonnefous was a member of the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the French zone of post-war Germany. He was not in favor of quickly returning independent power to the Germans. He wrote, "France fortunately shows more distrust towards the vanquished, even towards the repentant ones, then its allies, believing that caution is a more important consideration than the desire for a democratic reeducation of Germany."
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