François d'Harcourt explained

François d'Harcourt, 12th Duke of Harcourt
Birth Date:10 December 1928
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Annecy, France
Nationality:French
Party:UDF
Office:Member of the French National Assembly for Calvados's 4th constituency and Calvados's 5th constituency
Term Start:2 April 1973
Term End:21 April 1997
Predecessor:Raymond Triboulet
Successor:Laurence Dumont
Office2:General Councillor of Calvados
Term Start2:1967
Term End2:1994

François d'Harcourt, 12th Duke of Harcourt (10 December 1928 – 5 November 2020) was a French politician.[1]

Biography

He was the son of François-Charles d'Harcourt, the 11th Duke of Harcourt, and Antoinette Gérard, a French resistant. From 1954 to 1955, François served as Chief of Cabinet of the Ministry of Armed Forces. Also a journalist, he was an editor for Jours de France from 1956 to 1958. He was a major reporter abroad in Africa in 1960 and Asia in 1962.

D'Harcourt was elected General Councillor of the Canton of Balleroy, serving from 1955 to 1958 and again from 1967 to 1994. He was elected to the National Assembly for Calvados's 4th constituency on 11 March 1973. He was reelected continuously until 1986. He was a member of the Union for French Democracy and was part of the Centrist Union of Democrats for Progress. On 17 January 1975, he voted to decriminalize abortion under the "Veil Law".[2] In 1988, he was elected to serve for Calvados's 5th constituency, where he remained until 1997.

After his father's death in 1997, d'Harcourt became the 12th Duke of Harcourt and Duke of Beuvron. He was married to Isabelle Roubeau. He died in Annecy, on 5 November 2020, at the age of 91.

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Normandie. Ancien député du Bessin, François-Henri d'Harcourt est décédé. 26 November 2020. Ouest-France. French.
  2. Web site: 1re seance du 20 decembre 1974. Assemblée Nationale. French.