Pierre Messmer

Pierre Messmer   (politician)
Born	20 March 1916
Died	29 August 2007 (Age 91)
Nationality	French
Alma mater	ENLOV, Ecole nationale de la France d'outre-mer
Member of	Le Cercle
Interests	Air France Flight 1611
Party	Union of Democrats for the Republic
French Gaullist politician an PM who attended Le Cercle  Institut de France/Chancellor In office 1 January 1999 - 31 December 2005  Prime Minister of France  In office 5 July 1972 - 27 May 1974 Succeeded by Jacques Chirac  Minister of state and Minister of the Overseas Territories In office 25 February 1971 - 5 July 1972  France/Minister of Defence In office 5 February 1960 - 22 June 1969  Member of the French National Assembly In office 29 September 1974 - 14 May 1988  Member of the French National Assembly In office 4 March 1973 - 4 May 1973  Member of the French National Assembly In office 23 June 1968 - 12 August 1968

Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a French Gaullist politician. He was Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974. A member of the French Foreign Legion, he was considered as one of the historical Gaullists, and died aged 91 in the military hospital of the Val-de-Grâce in August 2007. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1999;

From 1959 to 1969, under Charles de Gaulle's presidency and in the turmoil of the Algerian War, he was Minister of Armies. He was confronted with the 1961 Generals' Putsch, where he loyally supported the President, and reorganized the Army. He adapted the armed forces to the nuclear era, against great opposition from the United States and their people in France.

He is credited with having dissuaded General de Gaulle from employing the army during the events of May 1968.

Messmer attended Le Cercle.

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