| Paul Quilès | |
| Office: | Mayor of Cordes-sur-Ciel |
| Term Start: | 25 June 1995 |
| Term End: | 28 May 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Robert Ramond |
| Successor: | Bernard Andrieu |
| Office2: | Minister of Defence |
| President2: | François Mitterrand |
| Primeminister2: | Laurent Fabius |
| Predecessor2: | Charles Hernu |
| Successor2: | André Giraud |
| Term Start2: | 20 September 1985 |
| Term End2: | 20 March 1986 |
| Office3: | Minister of the Interior |
| Term Start3: | 2 April 1992 |
| Term End3: | 29 March 1993 |
| President3: | François Mitterrand |
| Primeminister3: | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Predecessor3: | Philippe Marchand |
| Successor3: | Charles Pasqua |
| Office4: | Member of the National Assembly for Tarn's 1st constituency |
| Term Start4: | 1993 |
| Term End4: | 2007 |
| Predecessor4: | Pierre Bernard |
| Successor4: | Jacques Valax |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Sig, French Algeria, Vichy France (now Algeria) |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Party: | Socialist Party |
| Alma Mater: | École Polytechnique |
Paul Quilès (in French pronounced as /pɔl kilɛs/, 27 January 1942 – 24 September 2021) was a French Socialist politician.
Quilès was born in Sig, Algeria on 27 January 1942.[1]
Quilès was a member of the National Assembly for Paris and later Tarn département. He close to Laurent Fabius, and served as Defense Minister from 1985 to 1986, after the Rainbow Warrior scandal. He was Interior Minister from 1992 to 1993, then chairman of the Defense commission in the French National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.
Quilès died on 24 September 2021 at the age of 79.[2] [3]