Albin Chalandon
French politician and minister (1920–2020)
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Albin Chalandon (French pronunciation: [albɛ̃ ʃalɑ̃dɔ̃]; 11 June 1920 – 29 July 2020)[1] was a French politician and minister.[2]
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Albin Chalandon | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Michel Crépeau |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Arpaillange |
| Minister of Public Works | |
| In office 11 July 1968 – 5 July 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Maurice Couve de Murville Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
| Preceded by | Robert Galley |
| Succeeded by | Olivier Guichard |
| Minister of Industry | |
| In office 31 May 1968 – 10 July 1968 | |
| Prime Minister | Georges Pompidou |
| Preceded by | Olivier Guichard |
| Succeeded by | André Bettencourt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1920 |
| Died | 29 July 2020 (aged 100) Les Mesnuls, Yvelines, France |
| Party | RPR |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Lycée Condorcet |
| Alma mater | Faculté des lettres de Paris |
Between 1968 and 1972, he was Minister of Public Works. He gave his name to the inexpensive single-family homes known as "chalandonnettes",[3] of which around 65,000 were built between 1970 and 1972 and which became a byword for poor construction quality.[4] And from 1986 until 1988, he was Minister of Justice.[4]
Between 1967 and 1968, he was a member of the Union for the New Republic, then between 1968 and 1976 he was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic and finally from 1986 until 1988 he was a member of the Rally for the Republic.
Chalandon died aged 100 in July 2020.[4] Éric Dupond-Moretti described his death as depriving France of one of its "Liberation fighters" and "the Republic one of its great servants".[5]
