Background
MESSMER, Pierre Auguste Joseph was born on March 20, 1916 in Vincennes. Son of Joseph and Marthe (nee Farcy) Messmer.
politician and overseas administrator
MESSMER, Pierre Auguste Joseph was born on March 20, 1916 in Vincennes. Son of Joseph and Marthe (nee Farcy) Messmer.
Faculty de droit de Paris.
Director of Cabinet High Commission, in Indochina 1947-1948. Governor Mauritania 1952, Ivory Coast 1954-1956. High Commissioner Cameroon 1956-1958.
High Commissioner -General French Equatorial Africa 1958, French West Africa 1958-1960.
Minister for the Armed Forces 1960-1969. Elected Deputy for Moselle, National Assembly 1968, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1986.
Minister of State for Overseas Departments and Territories February-July 1972. Prime Minister 1972-1974.
President R.P.R. Group in National Assembly 1986-1988.
European Parliament. 1979-1984. Institut de France (Academie des sciences morales et politiques) 1988.
Married Gilberte Duprez in 1947.