Deputy Robert Buron |
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Finance Minister of France | |
In office 8 January 1953 – 28 June 1953 |
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Preceded by | Edgar Faure - Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury - Edgar Faure |
Succeeded by | Pierre Pflimlin - Edgar Faure - Antoine Pinay |
President of OECD | |
In office 1962–1966 |
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Mayor of Laval, Mayenne | |
In office 1971–1973 |
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Preceded by | Francis Le Basser |
Succeeded by | André Pinçon |
Personal details | |
Born |
Paris, France |
27 February 1910
Died | 28 April 1973 | (aged 63)
Nationality | French |
Profession | Politician |
Robert Buron (27 February 1910 – 28 April 1973) was a French politician and Minister of Finance from 20 January 1955 to 23 February 1955 and Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism during Charles de Gaulle's third term from 9 June 1958 to 8 January 1959.
Buron was born in 1910 in Paris; he was kidnapped during the 1961 Algiers putsch and in 1965 he founded Objectif 72, a politics-movement.
In the last years of his life, he was mayor of Laval.
He died in 1973 in Paris.
Robert Buron's bust in 11 November Square, Laval, Mayenne, France
Robert Buron's monument in the garden of the castle of Laval, Mayenne, France