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Alain Peyrefitte

1925 - 1999

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Alain Peyrefitte (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ pɛʁfit]; 26 August 1925 – 27 November 1999) was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. Peyrefitte is remembered for his support for partitioning Algeria amid the Algerian War. Peyrefitte served as Minister of Information from 1962 to 1966, establishing the rules of presidential debates between the two electoral rounds; and as Minister of Justice from 1977 to 1981, being involved in the affair surrounding the mysterious death of Robert Boulin in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Peyrefitte is the 15,118th most popular politician (down from 14,492nd in 2019), the 4,580th most popular biography from France (down from 4,430th in 2019) and the 863rd most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alain Peyrefitte ranks 15,118 out of 19,576. Before him are Hernando Siles Reyes, Vuk Grgurević, Ding Xuexiang, Manuel Esquivel, John Shakespeare, and Magomedali Magomedov. After him are Shyamala Gopalan, Ibrahim Biçakçiu, Stratonice of Macedon, Greg Louganis, Dimitar Petkov, and Princess Marie of Hanover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alain Peyrefitte ranks 380. Before him are Adelina Gutiérrez, Art Larsen, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Sándor Gellér, Tony Benn, and Toma Caragiu. After him are Mal Waldron, John Baptist Wu, Ron Tauranac, Ruth First, Olga Aroseva, and Bert Bolin. Among people deceased in 1999, Alain Peyrefitte ranks 215. Before him are Rick Danko, Hideo Itokawa, Birgit Cullberg, Celso Torrelio, Sarah Kane, and João Cabral de Melo Neto. After him are Umyar Mavlikhanov, Robert Douglas, Lester Bowie, Gorilla Monsoon, Kirk Alyn, and Nikolay Latyshev.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Peyrefitte ranks 4,580 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Leconte (1963), Jean-Christophe Rufin (1952), Guy de la Chapelle (1868), Roselyne Bachelot (1946), Danièle Dupré (1938), and James Smithson (1765). After him are André Comte-Sponville (1952), Marguerite Audoux (1863), Eva Ionesco (1965), Roger Planchon (1931), Walid Regragui (1975), and Paul Henri Lecomte (1856).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Alain Peyrefitte ranks 863. Before him are Edmund, Earl of Rutland (1443), Claude Cheysson (1920), Érik Orsenna (1947), Jean, Count of Paris (1965), Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne (1618), and Roselyne Bachelot (1946). After him are Arlette Laguiller (1940), François Asselineau (1957), Hubert Védrine (1947), Nicolas Alfonsi (1936), Valérie Pécresse (1967), and Serge Telle (1955).

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