Yves Guéna | |
Office: | President of the Constitutional Council |
Term Start: | 1 March 2000 |
Term End: | 9 August 2004 |
Appointer: | Jacques Chirac |
Predecessor: | Roland Dumas |
Successor: | Pierre Mazeaud |
Office1: | Member of the Constitutional Council |
Term Start1: | 20 January 1997 |
Term End1: | 9 August 2004 |
President1: | Roland Dumas Himself |
Predecessor1: | Étienne Dailly |
Successor1: | Jacqueline de Guillenchmidt |
Office2: | Mayor of Périgueux |
Term Start2: | 26 March 1971 |
Term End2: | 20 January 1997 |
Predecessor2: | Lucien Barrière |
Successor2: | Xavier Darcos |
Office3: | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
Term Start3: | 12 July 1968 |
Term End3: | 20 June 1969 |
Primeminister3: | Maurice Couve de Murville |
Predecessor3: | André Bettencourt |
Successor3: | Robert Galley |
Term Start4: | 6 April 1967 |
Term End4: | 31 May 1968 |
President4: | Charles de Gaulle |
Primeminister4: | Georges Pompidou |
Predecessor4: | Jacques Marette |
Successor4: | André Bettencourt |
Office5: | Minister of Information |
Term Start5: | 31 May 1968 |
Term End5: | 10 July 1968 |
President5: | Charles de Gaulle |
Primeminister5: | Georges Pompidou |
Predecessor5: | Georges Gorse |
Successor5: | Joël Le Theule |
Birth Name: | Yves René Henri Guéna |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1922 |
Birth Place: | Brest, France |
Death Place: | 16th arrondissement of Paris, France |
Party: | UDR |
Alma Mater: | ÉNA |
Yves Guéna (in French pronounced as /iv ɡena/; 6 July 1922 – 3 March 2016) was a French politician. In 1940, he joined the Free French Forces in the United Kingdom. He received several decorations for his courage.
He belonged to various right-wing parties: Union pour la nouvelle République (1962–1968), the Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1978) and the Rally for the Republic (1978–1997).
He occupied several posts as minister. In 1968, he was Minister of Information.[1] He was a member of the Parliament between 1962 and 1981 and then again between 1986 and 1988. He was a senator between 1989 and 1997.
In 2000, Guéna was named president of the Constitutional Council of France. In 2004 he left to become president of the Arab World Institute until 2007.