Robert Poujade

Robert Poujade (6 May 1928 – 8 April 2020),[1] born in Moulins, Allier, was a French politician. He was the first French Minister of the Environment and was mayor of Dijon from 1971 to 2001.[2]

Pierre Poujade was an unrelated French politician.
Robert Poujade
Minister of Ecology
In office
1971–1974
PresidentGeorges Pompidou
Prime MinisterJacques Chaban-Delmas
Pierre Messmer
Succeeded byAlain Peyrefitte
Mayor of Dijon
In office
1971–2001
Preceded byJean Veillet
Succeeded byFrançois Rebsamen
Personal details
Born(1928-05-06)6 May 1928
Moulins, France
Died8 April 2020(2020-04-08) (aged 91)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyRally for the Republic
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure

Biography

Son of a professor of literature, he became himself a teacher in literature after having studied at the Ecole normale supérieur.

Early engaged for environmental causes, and in the successive Gaullist parties (RPF, UNR, UDR, RPR) he became in 1971 the first Minister of the Environment in France, in the government of Prime Minsiter Jacques Chaban-Delmas, under the presidency of Georges Pompidou.

As an opponent to the mayor of Dijon Felix Kir, Robert Poujade tried to be elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time in 1962. He succeeded only in 1967, and stayed at the parliament to 1981, year of Mitterrand's victory. He returned at the National assembly in year 1986 and stayed until he retired in 2002.

In Dijon, Robert Poujade entered the city council in 1968 and become after Felix Kir's death the first Gaullist mayor of Dijon in 1971. He retired in 2001, and his successor Jean-François Bazin lost the election against François Rebsamen who became the first Socialist mayor of the City since before the Second World War.[3]

References
  1. "L'ancien maire de Dijon Robert Poujade est mort" (in French). France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  2. Cody, Edward (25 October 2009). "A place known for mustard shows fine taste for conservation". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  3. "Côte-d'Or - Carnet noir. Robert Poujade, ancien maire de Dijon et figure politique du XXe siècle, est mort". www.bienpublic.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-04.


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