Paul Quilès (, 27 January 1942 – 24 September 2021) was a French
Socialist
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...
politician.
Biography
Quilès was born in
Sig, Algeria
Sig ( ''Sīq''; called Saint-Denis-de-Sig under French rule; ) is a town in northwestern Algeria. Formerly located in Oran Province and now located in Mascara Province, north-western Algeria. Its population was 61,373 in 2008.
The town's publi ...
on 27 January 1942.
Quilès was a member of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
for Paris and later
Tarn ''département''. He close to
Laurent Fabius
Laurent Fabius (; born 20 August 1946) is a French politician serving as President of the Constitutional Council since 8 March 2016. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 Marc ...
, and served as Defense Minister from 1985 to 1986, after the
''Rainbow Warrior'' scandal. He was
Interior Minister from 1992 to 1993, then chairman of the Defense commission in the
French National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.
Quilès died on 24 September 2021 at the age of 79.
References
External links
Official Website
1942 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from cancer in France
People from Sig
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Transport ministers of France
Pieds-Noirs
French interior ministers
French Ministers of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones
École Polytechnique alumni
Deputies of the 6th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 7th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 8th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 9th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Mayors of places in Occitania (administrative region)
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