Background
SCHUMANN, Maurice was born on April 10, 1911 in Paris, France. Parents: Julien Schumann and Thérèse Schumann (née Michel).
SCHUMANN, Maurice was born on April 10, 1911 in Paris, France. Parents: Julien Schumann and Thérèse Schumann (née Michel).
Lycées Janson-de-Sailly and Henri IV, Paris. University of Paris, French Degree. Oxford University United Kingdom, doctorate.
St. Andrews University, United Kingdom, doctorate.
Chief offical broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation French Service, 1940-1944. Liaison officer with allied expeditionary forces from D-Day until liberation of Paris. Member, French provisional consultative assembly, 1944-1945.
Member, both constituent assemblies, 1945-1946. Chairman. Mouvement Républicain Populaire, (MRP), 1945-1949. Deputy, Nord, 1945 re-elected 1958, 1967, 1968.
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1951-1954. Chairman. National Assembly Foreign Affairs committee, 1959. Minister of State attached to the Prime Minister’s office (Territorial Planning), 1962.
Minister of State for Scientific Research, 1967-1968. Minister of Social Affairs, 1968-1969. Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1969-1973.
Senator, Nord, since 1974. Deputy chairman. Senate, 1977-1983. Chairman, Senate committee on cultural affairs.
Havas News Agency. 1932-1940. Professor, of Philosophy, Catholic University.
Author: (fiction) Le Rendez-vous avec Quelqu'un, 1962, Les flots roulant auloin, 1973, La Communication, 1974, Le Concerto en Ut Majeur, 1982, La Victoire et la Nuit. (non-fiction) La Mort nèe de leur propre Vie, 1974. Le Vrai Malaise des Intellectuels de Gauche, 1957, Angoisse et Certitude, 1978, Un Certain 18 Juin (Prix Aujourd'hui 1980), Qui a Tuè le duc d'Enghien, 1984, Bergson ou le Retour de Dieu, 1995.
Of French Provisional Consultative Assembly November 1944-July 1945. Of both Constituent Assemblies October 1945-May 1946 and June-November 1946. Academy Francaise since 1974.
Spouse Lucie Daniel, 1944. Children: Christine, Laurence, Béatrice.