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Alain Poher was a French politician and statesperson born in Ablon-sur-Seine in 1909 and educated at Mines ParisTech, Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Saint-Louis, and Sciences Po. He served as President of the Senate of France and President of the French Republic, as well as President of the European Parliament and Member of the European Parliament. His political career included membership in the Democratic Centre, Popular Republican Movement, Centre of Social Democrats, and Union for French Democracy.
Poher worked in Strasbourg, Brussels, and Paris and spoke French. He participated in World War II and was a member of the Catholic Church. He was a candidate in the 1969 French presidential election. He received the Knight of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Resistance Medal, and Robert Schuman Medal. Poher died in Paris in 1996. He is recognized in the French Presidents collection.
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Pierre Messmer
- Preceded by
- Georges Pompidou
- Succeeded by
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
- Constituency
- Seine-et-Oise (1952–1968), Val-de-Marne (1968–1995)
- Born
- Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher , ( 1909-04-17 ) 17 April 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine , France
- Died
- 9 December 1996 (1996-12-09) (aged 87), 16th arrondissement of Paris , France
- Party
- Popular Republican Movement (1946–1966) , Democratic Centre (1966–1976) , Centre of Social Democrats (1976–1995) , Democratic Force (1995–1996)
- Other political affiliations
- Union for French Democracy (1978–1996)
- Spouse
- Henriette Tugler
- Alma mater
- Mines ParisTech , Sciences Po
- Occupation
- Engineer , civil servant
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alain
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Ablon-sur-Seine
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Educated at
- Sciences Po
- Political party
- Centre of Social Democrats
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- upper house
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Poher 1980s (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- date of birth
- 1909-04-17
- date of death
- 1996-12-09
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- Alain Poher
- different from
- Alain Bauer
- candidacy in election
- 1969 French presidential election
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Encyclopedic overview
Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher ( French: [alɛ̃ pɔɛʁ]; 17 April 1909 – 9 December 1996) was a French politician who served as President of the Senate from 1968 to 1992. In this capacity, he was twice briefly acting President of France, in 1969 and 1974 following the resignation of Charles de Gaulle and the death of Georges Pompidou, respectively. Poher was affiliated with the Popular Republican Movement (MRP) until 1966 and later with the Democratic Centre (CD) and Centre of Social Democrats (CSD), which he joined in 1976.
A native of Ablon-sur-Seine south of Paris, Poher was a longtime member of the Senate (1946–1948; 1952–1995), where he sat first for Seine-et-Oise until 1968 and then Val-de-Marne. He also served as President of the European Parliament from 1966 to 1969. As the longest-serving President of the Senate and the sole unelected President of France under the Fifth Republic, Poher remained an influential figure in 20th-century French politics. He ran in the 1969 presidential election but was defeated by Pompidou in the second round.
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