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Pierre Chevalier (French Politician)
Pierre Chevalier may refer to: * Pierre Chevalier (caver) (1905–2001), French caver, mountaineer and explorer * Pierre Chevalier (director) (1915–2005), French film director *Pierre Chevalier (politician) Pierre Antoine Marie Chevalier (born 8 October 1952) is a Belgian politician and member of the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (VLD). He is a former Secretary of State in the Belgian Federal Government and was elected to the Belgian Se ... (born 1952), Belgian politician * Pierre Michel François Chevalier (1818–1863), Breton nationalist author {{hndis, Chevalier, Pierre ...
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Pierre Chevalier (caver)
Pierre Chevalier (24 April 1905 – 4 December 2001) was a well-known caver and mountaineer from France, with many alpine ascents and cave explorations to his credit. Chevalier is principally known for the exploration of the Dent de Crolles cave system over a twelve-year period (1936 – 1947), which became the deepest cave in the world. Chevalier recorded this exploration in his book ''Escalades souterraines'' (''Subterranean Climbers''). Dent de Crolles Cave Network Chevalier first visited the Trou du Glaz entrance in 1935, and was struck by the possibility of exploring beyond what was at the time considered technically possible. With Fernand Petzl, Charles Petit-Didier and others, Chevalier completed explorations that connected four entrances (Trou du Glaz, Guiers Mort, P40 and Grotte Annette) and established the Dent de Crolles as the deepest cave system in the world (-658m). Much of this exploration was during the German occupation of France during the Second World War and ...
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Pierre Chevalier (director)
Pierre Chevalier (born in Orbec, France on 23 March 1915; died on 10 February 2005) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films included mainstream, erotic and pornographic films. Horror film buffs know him for his 1971 opus ''Orloff and the Invisible Man'' (a.k.a. ''The Invisible Dead''). He also assisted well-known directors in films, notably with Henri Verneuil, René Clément, Jesus Franco and others. Chevalier directed four films with French actress Alice Arno. He served as art director on Jesus Franco's ''Man Hunter'' (1980), and filmed some additional footage that was added to the adult film ''Cecilia'' (the retitled 1983 re-release version of Jesus Franco's ''Sexual Aberrations of a Married Woman''). Jesus Franco co-directed ''Convoy of Women'' with Chevalier (uncredited) in 1974. The film was re-released in 1978 as ''East of Berlin''. Filmography Film director *1955: ''Les Impures'' *1956: ''Vous pigez?'' *1957: ''L'Auberge en folie'' *1957: ''Fernand cloch ...
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Pierre Chevalier (politician)
Pierre Antoine Marie Chevalier (born 8 October 1952) is a Belgian politician and member of the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (VLD). He is a former Secretary of State in the Belgian Federal Government and was elected to the Belgian Senate in 2003 by the Dutch electoral college. He studied Laws and Criminology at the University of Ghent before he became a lawyer. He became involved in politics early on, first as a Trotskyist, as a socialist later on, and since 1992 as a liberal. In October 2000, he was forced to resign as Secretary of State by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, who is also a member of the VLD, after it became public that he had been named in a criminal investigation in Switzerland. Political career *1985–2003: Member of the Chamber of Representatives *1988–1989: Secretary of State for Education *1989–1990: Secretary of State for Science Policy *1990–1992: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the West ...
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