Background
Pineau was born in 1904 in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France.
Pineau was born in 1904 in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France.
Contes de je ne sais quand, Plume et le saumon, L’ourse aux pattons verts, Comerouse le mysterieux, Histoires de la foret de Berce; Books for adults: Louisiana simple verity (history of the French Resistance), Mon cher depute, L’escalier des ombres, Suez 1956, Khroutchev.Later, Christian Pineau would say that it was Giraudoux who gave him his love of writing. After the war, he served as a minister in French governments, 1945–1958. He was minister of supply in Charles de Gaulle"s government (1945) and minister of public works (1947–1950) in various governments.
He was finance minister for a short time in 1948.
Pineau was designated as prime minister of France by President René Coty after the February 1955 resignation of Pierre Mendès-France, but the National Assembly refused to ratify his cabinet by 312 votes against 268. His prime ministership lasted for two days between 17 and 19 February 1955.
As foreign minister (February 1956 – May 1958), Pineau was responsible for handling the Suez crisis and for signing the Treaty of Rome on behalf of France. With Guy Mollet, he visited Moscow.
In October 1956, he signed the Protocol of Sèvres with Great Britain and Israel on behalf of France.
Pineau was a lifelong advocate of European integration. Pineau is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.
Pineau represented the Sarthe department as a Socialist in the French National Assembly from 1946 to 1958.
Married 1st Nadine Desaunais de Guermarquer (divorced), four son. Married 2nd Arlette Bonamour du Tartre (deceased), one son (deceased) one daughter. Married 3rd Blanche Bloys in 1963, one daughter.