François Missoffe | |
Office: | Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
Term Start: | 1966 |
Term End: | 1968 |
President: | Charles de Gaulle |
Primeminister: | Georges Pompidou |
Predecessor: | Maurice Herzog |
Successor: | Roland Nungesser |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Paris's 24th constituency |
Term Start2: | 1968 |
Term End2: | 1974 |
Predecessor2: | André Roulland |
Successor2: | Hélène Missoffe |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1919 |
Birth Place: | Toulon, France |
Death Place: | Rouen, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | UNR |
Spouse: | Hélène de Mitry |
Relatives: | Françoise de Panafieu (daughter) |
François Missoffe (13 October 1919 in Toulon, France – 28 August 2003 in Rouen) was a French politician and diplomat.[1] He was Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport ("Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports") in the Government of France between 8 January 1966 and 30 May 1968.[2]
He played a minor role in the run-up to events of May 1968 in France. On 8 January 1968, Missoffe was forced by students at the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense to abandon the inauguration of a campus swimming pool. He was interrupted while making his speech at the occasion by student leader, Daniel Cohn-Bendit in order to demand free access to the girls' dormitory.
Missoffe was Ambassador to Japan from 1964 to 1966.[3]