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Edgar Faure ( August 18, 1908 - March 30, 1988) was a French statesman.

Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time. While living in Paris, he became active in politics, and joined the Radical Party.

During the German occupation of World War II, he joined the Resistance, and in 1942 fled to Charles de Gaulle’s headquarters in Algiers, where de Gaulle made him head of the Provisional Government's legislative department. At the end of the war he served as French counsel for the prosecution at the Nuremberg war crimes trials.

In 1946, he was elected to parlement as a Radical party member. While the popularity of his Radical party declined to less than 10 per cent of the total vote, none of the other parties were able to gain a clear majority. As such, early on, Faure’s party often played a disproportionately important role in the formation of French governments. Faure was a leader of the more conservative wing of the party, opposing the party's left under Pierre Mendès-France. Faure's views changed with time and he became a supporter of de Gaulle’s party who sent him on an unofficial mission to the People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China PRC comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. Since its founding in 1949, it has been led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is the world's most populous country, with a population in 1963.

During his career, Edgar Faure served as:

In 1978 he became a Member of the Académie françaiseThe Academie francaise (French Academy) is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Academie, limited to forty members, has the task of acting as an official authority on the language, even though it has no enf.

Edgar Faure was interred in Cimetière de PassyThe Cimetiere de Passy is a famous cemetery located in 2, rue du Commandant Schoelsing, in the quarter of Passy in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the early 19th century, several new cemeteries replaced all the Parisian ones. Outside the prec, Paris, France.

1 Faure's First Ministry, 20 January - 8 March 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada.



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