Michel d'Ornano

Michel d'Ornano (12 July 1924 – 8 March 1991) was a French politician. A descendant of both Marie Walewska and Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, he began his political career as

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in 1962. He served as president of the General Councils of both Calvados and

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before going on to represent the fourth district of Calvados in the

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; in that body he sat first as an Independent Republican and later with 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 ...

. He served in numerous cabinet positions under

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, including as Secretary of State for Ecology, the Minister of Culture, and Minister of Industry. D'Ornano was married to

Anne d'Ornano Anne d'Ornano (née de Contades; born 7 December 1936) was the President of the General Council of the French department of Calvados. She has been President of the department since 1991. She was a member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) u ...

, who he installed as mayor of Deauville; after his death, in 1991, she became president of the Regional Council of Calvados. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ornano, Michel d' 1924 births 1991 deaths Politicians from Paris Politicians of the French Fifth Republic French Ministers of Culture French people of Polish descent Mayors of places in Normandy People from Deauville French people of Corsican descent French Ministers of the Environment Lycée Carnot alumni Road incident deaths in France