René Haby (9 October 1919, in
Dombasle-sur-Meurthe
Dombasle-sur-Meurthe (, literally ''Dombasle on Meurthe'') is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France, close to the city of Nancy.
History
Dombasle is one of the main production sites for sodium carbonate in the ...
– 6 February 2003) was a French politician. He had been a prisoner of war during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
He was a member of the
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy (french: Union pour la démocratie française, UDF) was a centre to centre-right political party in France. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to c ...
. From 28 May 1974 until 5 April 1978 he was
Minister of National Education. A major reform instituted under Haby was the ''loi Haby'' that allowed students to take classes in what were called "regional languages", such as
Corsican, at any stage in their education.
References
1919 births
2003 deaths
Politicians of the French Fifth Republic
Union for French Democracy politicians
French prisoners of war in World War II
French Ministers of National Education
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