Background
GORSE, Georges was born on February 15, 1915 in Cahors, Lot, France. Parents: Maurice Gorse and Esilda Gorse (née Duclos).
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GORSE, Georges was born on February 15, 1915 in Cahors, Lot, France. Parents: Maurice Gorse and Esilda Gorse (née Duclos).
Private school, Nantes. Louis-le-Grand High School, Paris. Ecole normale supérieure (grande école for training of teachers), agrégation in letters (highest competitive examination for teachers).
Various missions in Near East and USSR, 1940-1943. In office of Général de Gaulle, Algeria, 1943-1944. Member of Provisional Consultative Assembly, 1944-1945.
Socialist Deputy for Vendéz, 1945-1951. Under Secretary of State for Muslim Affairs, under Léon Blum, 1946 and for Overseas Territoires, under Georges Bidault, 1949. Councillor of the French Union, 1952-1958.
Ambassador to Tunisia, 1957-1959. Ambassador, permanent representative of the French Republic to the European Communities, 1959. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, under Michel Debré, 1961-1962, and Georges Pompidou, 1962.
Minister of Co-operation, under Georges Pompidou, 1962. Ambassador, High Representative of the French Republic in Algeria, 1963-1967. Minister Plenipotentiary, 1965.
Deputy, 5th Republic, for Hauts-de-Seine, 10th constituency, BoulogneBillancourt, 1967. Minister of Information, under Georges Pompidou, 1967-1968. Departmental Councillor for Boulogne-Billancourt-Nordest, since 1967.
Deputy UDR for Hauts-de-Seine, 10th constituency, 196873. Minister of Labour, Employment and Population, under Pierre Messmer, 1973-1974. Deputy Rassemblement pour la République (Rally for the Republic) for Hauts-de-Seine, 1978, re-elected 1981, 1986 and 1988.
Chairman of France-Algeria Association, I97I-. Mayor of Boulogne-Billancourt, since 1971. Member of Regional Council for Ile-de-France, since 1976.
Teacher, Egypt, 1939. Diplomat; Chairman of Hesnault Company, since 1983.
French Section of the Workers" International, Rally for the Republic, Union of Democrats for the Republic.
Spouse Nadine Gelat, 1942. Children: Pierre-François, Corinne, Marine.