René Haby | |
Office: | Minister of National Education |
Term Start: | 27 May 1974 |
Term End: | 31 March 1978 |
President: | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
Primeminister: | Raymond Barre Jacques Chirac |
Predecessor: | Joseph Fontanet |
Successor: | Christian Beullac |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1919 |
Birth Place: | Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France |
Death Place: | 10th arrondissement of Paris, France |
Party: | UDF |
Children: | Jean-Yves Haby |
René Haby (9 October 1919, in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe – 6 February 2003) was a French politician.[1] He had been a prisoner of war during World War II.He was a member of the Union for French Democracy. From 28 May 1974 until 5 April 1978 he was Minister of National Education.[2] A major reform instituted under Haby was the loi Haby that allowed students to take classes in what were called "regional languages", such as Corsican, at any stage in their education.[3]