Christian Lunet de La Malène (5 December 1920 in
Nîmes – 26 September 2007), was a French and
European politician
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. He was a member of the
UDR party.
He served as the French Minister of Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Questions from 1968. Prior to that he served as a
Member of the European Parliament
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, including acting as the head of the
Progressive Democrats group.
Honors
* Chevalier de la
Légion d'honneur
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*
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Bibliography
* ''Une espérance inassouvie : 30 ans d'Europe'', Christian de La Malène, 1989
References
Christian de La Malène - Obituary
1920 births
2007 deaths
Debout la France politicians
21st-century French politicians
MEPs for France 1979–1984
MEPs for France 1984–1989
MEPs for France 1989–1994
Union of Democrats for the Republic politicians
Senators of Paris
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