Paul Ribeyre
| Paul François Ribeyre | |
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| Minister of Health and Population | |
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In office 11 August 1951 – 7 January 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre Schneiter |
| Succeeded by | André Boutemy |
| Minister of Commerce | |
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In office 8 January 1953 – 9 February 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Marie Louvel |
| Succeeded by | Guy Petit |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office 11 February 1953 – 27 May 1953 |
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| Preceded by | André Boutemy |
| Succeeded by | Paul Coste-Floret |
| Minister of Justice and Population | |
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In office 28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954 |
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| Preceded by | Léon Martinaud-Déplat |
| Succeeded by | Émile Hugues |
| Minister of Industry and Commerce | |
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In office 6 November 1957 – 1 June 1958 |
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| Preceded by | André Morice |
| Succeeded by | Édouard Ramonet |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 December 1906 Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Died | 14 January 1988 (aged 81) Valence, Drôme, France |
| Nationality | French |
Paul François Ribeyre (11 December 1906 – 14 January 1988) was a French mineral water bottler and liberal conservative politician who was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly and then the National Assembly from 1945 to 1958, then a senator from 1959 to 1980. He was Minister of Health in several cabinets in 1951–53, Minister of Commerce for a few weeks in 1953, Minister of Justice in 1953–54, and Minister of Industry and Commerce in 1957–58.
Paul François Ribeyre was born on 11 December 1906 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône. After his primary education in Vals-les-Bains he attended the Collège du Sacré-Cœur in Marseille for his secondary education. He succeeded his father as general manager of Vals-Reine, a small company that bottled mineral water from a source in Vals-les-Bains, and held this position until Vals-Reine merged with three other local bottling companies in 1968. During World War II (1939-45) he was appointed mayor of Vals-les-Bains on 18 July 1943 during the German occupation. On 16 June 1944 a German armored column occupied the town, and demanded a list of hostages from Ribeyre. He refused and was arrested, for which he later received the Legion of Honour. With the Liberation of France he was replaced as mayor on 14 August 1944.
Ribeyre ran in the municipal elections of 29 April 1945 and was elected as councilor. He was appointed mayor of Vals-les-Bains on 18 May 1945, holding this office until 1983. Ribeyre founded the center-right Union républicaine ardéchoise (URA, Ardèche Republican Union) and the conservative journal La Gazette des Cévennes. On 9 November 1947 he was elected to the general council of Ardèche for the canton of Saint-Pierreville. He was a general councilor until 1979, and president of the general council of Ardèche from 1951 to 1955 and from 1959 to 1979.
Ribeyre was elected to represent Ardèche in the National Constituent Assembly on 21 October 1945 on the Républicaine Liberté et Concorde list. He joined the Entente Républicaine group in the chamber. After this he joined the Parti Paysan, which became the Centre national des indépendants et paysans (CNIP), and remained with this party for the rest of his political career. He did not support the draft constitution, which was rejected in the subsequent referendum. Ribeyre was reelected to the second National Constituent Assembly on 2 June 1946, and was elected as deputy to the National Assembly on 10 November 1946. He was reelected deputy for Ardèche on 17 June 1951 and on 2 January 1956, remaining a deputy until 8 December 1958 at the end of the French Fourth Republic. He became president of the Parliamentary Association for Freedom of Education.
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