Joseph Comiti (4 June 1920,

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) was a French physician, surgeon and politician. A member of parliament for the

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department (province) of France, Comiti served as Secretary of State for Youth, Sports, and Leisure, and as Minister for Parliamentary Relations in the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Career

Comiti was a gastroenterologist surgeon and an associate professor at the faculty of medicine and practices at the Timone hospital in Marseilles. He was a

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from 1968 to 1981. Comiti served as Secretary of State for Youth, Sports, and Leisure from July 1968 to April 1973 and again during 1974 under the presidencies of

Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...

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Georges Pompidou Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( , ; 5 July 19112 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously was Prime Minister of France of President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 196 ...

, and as Minister for Parliamentary Relations between April 1973 and February 1974. As Secretary of State for Youth, Sports, and Leisure, he spearheaded 'Operation 1,000 pools', which resulted in the construction of 600-700 new pools, including 183 sunflower pools, across the country. Until 1998, he chaired the finance committee of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur.

References

1920 births 2000 deaths French surgeons Rally for the Republic politicians Union of Democrats for the Republic politicians 20th-century surgeons {{France-politician-RPR-stub