Pierre Sudreau[1] [2] [3] | |
Office1: | Minister for Building Works Ministre de la Construction |
Term Start1: | 1 June 1958 |
Term End1: | 15 April 1962 |
President1: | René Coty Charles de Gaulle |
Primeminister1: | Charles de Gaulle Michel Debré |
Office2: | Education Minister Ministre de l'Éducation Nationale |
Term Start2: | 15 April 1962 |
Term End2: | 15 October 1962 |
President2: | Charles de Gaulle |
Primeminister2: | Georges Pompidou |
Predecessor2: | Lucien Paye |
Successor2: | Louis Joxe |
Assembly3: | French National |
Constituency Am3: | Loir-et-Cher |
Term Start3: | 1967 |
Term End3: | 1981 |
Office4: | President of Loir-et-Cher |
Term Start4: | 1967 |
Term End4: | 1981 |
Order5: | Mayor of Blois |
Term Start5: | 1971 |
Term End5: | 1989 |
Successor5: | Jack Lang |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1919 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Parents: | Jean Sudreau Marie-Marguerite Boyer Sudreau |
Spouse: | Francette Brun Sudreau |
Children: | Jean Sudreau (deceased) Anne Sudreau O'Connor (deceased) Bernard Sudreau |
Party: | PDM (1967–1973) RCDS (1973–1978) UDF (1978–1981) |
Pierre Sudreau (13 May 1919 – 22 January 2012) was a French politician. His childhood correspondence with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) helped inspire the title character of the 1943 novel The Little Prince.[4]
Sudreau was born in Paris, the son of businessman Jean Sudreau and Marie-Marguerite (née Boyer) Sudreau.[5]
He announced his resignation as French Education Minister in October 1962 in protest against a proposal by Charles de Gaulle to amend the constitution.[6] [7]
In 1985, Sudreau sat on the "Jury of Honor" that assessed whatever the film Des terroristes à la retraite should be aired in France or not. Sudreau referred to the recent Palestinian bombings of American and Israeli targets and stated: "at the very moment when we are again talking about direct action, this broadcast legitimizes terrorist methods.” The "Jury of Honor" in its report stated “though it is highly desirable that a film inform French of all generations about the saga of the FTP-MOI, such a film nevertheless still remains to be made”.
He was married to France Brun; they had three children: Jean Sudreau (predeceased), Anne Sudreau O'Connor (predeceased), and Bernard Sudreau. His son Jean died of lung cancer and was married to Danièle Louis-Dreyfus, daughter of French Resistance fighter and businessman Pierre Louis-Dreyfus.[8]