Jacques Hébert | |
Office: | Mayor of Cherbourg |
Term Start: | 1959 |
Term End: | 1977 |
Predecessor: | René Schmitt |
Successor: | Louis Darinot |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Manche's 5th constituency |
Term Start2: | 1962 |
Term End2: | 1973 |
Predecessor2: | René Schmitt |
Successor2: | Louis Darinot |
Birth Date: | 8 August 1920 |
Birth Place: | Falaise, France |
Death Place: | Falaise, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | UDR |
Jacques Hébert (8 August 1920 – 15 February 2018) was a French politician.
Born on 8 August 1920 in Falaise, Calvados, Hébert ended his medical studies at the age of 20 to join the Free French Forces.[1] [2] For his military service, Hébert was named a Grand Officier of the Legion of Honour and received an Order of Liberation.[1] He was elected mayor of Cherbourg in 1959 and stepped down in 1977. Between 1963 and 1973, Hébert represented the fifth constituency of Manche in the National Assembly.[3] He died in Falaise, Calvados, at the age of 97 on 15 February 2018.[4] [5]