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Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (died 2012)

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Maurice Herzog

French mountaineer and politician

Maurice André Raymond Herzog was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a…
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Minister of Sports (France)

French cabinet member

The Minister of Sports is a cabinet member in the Government of France.
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