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Maurice Couve de Murville

1907 - 1999

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Jacques-Maurice Couve de Murville (French: [mɔʁis kuv də myʁvil, moʁ-]; 24 January 1907 – 24 December 1999) was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle. As foreign minister he played the leading role in the critical Franco-German treaty of cooperation in 1963, he laid the foundation for the Paris-Bonn axis that was central in building a united Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Couve de Murville is the 7,744th most popular politician (down from 7,555th in 2019), the 2,219th most popular biography from France and the 528th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maurice Couve de Murville ranks 7,744 out of 19,576. Before him are Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla, Gaius Atilius Regulus Serranus, Rosamund, Bob Bennett, Bak Jungyang, and Pierre Fournier. After him are George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Muriel Humphrey Brown, Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, Hanns Albin Rauter, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, and Demades.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Maurice Couve de Murville ranks 110. Before him are Álvaro Gestido, Chūya Nakahara, Theodor Wisch, Cab Calloway, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Ernesto Mascheroni. After him are Momčilo Đujić, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Trường Chinh, Heinz Brandt, Sabahattin Ali, and Víctor Paz Estenssoro. Among people deceased in 1999, Maurice Couve de Murville ranks 72. Before him are Paul Bowles, Igor Netto, Barış Manço, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Viacheslav Chornovil, and Ri Jong-ok. After him are Momčilo Đujić, Leon Štukelj, Phaedon Gizikis, Walter Lini, Alfredo Kraus, and William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Couve de Murville ranks 2,219 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Duparc (1848), Yves Rocher (1930), Jean Goujon (1510), Lothair II of Italy (1000), David Ginola (1967), and Pierre Fournier (1906). After him are Joséphin Péladan (1858), Eustache Deschamps (1346), Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487), Jean Paulhan (1884), Nicholas of Verdun (1130), and César Baldaccini (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Maurice Couve de Murville ranks 528. Before him are Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano (1721), Gunnor (950), Paul Poupard (1930), Pierre Bérégovoy (1925), Ermesinde of Carcassonne (972), and Pierre Fournier (1906). After him are Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487), René Pleven (1901), Louis François, Prince of Conti (1717), Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878), Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (1641), and Chilperic II of Burgundy (450).

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