Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (born 1907)

Maurice Couve de Murville

Prime Minister of France from 1968 to 1969

Jacques-Maurice Couve de Murville was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle. As foreign minister he played the leading role in the critical…

List of prime ministers of France

The head of the government of France has been called the prime minister of France since 1959, when Michel Debré became the first officeholder appointed under the Fifth Republic. During earlier periods of history, the head of government of France was known by different titles. As…