Background
ARPAILLANGE, Pierre was born on March 13, 1924 in Carlux, Dordogne. Son of Edmond Arpaillange and Eliette Bourges.
ARPAILLANGE, Pierre was born on March 13, 1924 in Carlux, Dordogne. Son of Edmond Arpaillange and Eliette Bourges.
Lycee de Perigueux and Facultes de Droit, Paris and Toulouse.
After obtaining his law degree, Arpaillange began a judicial career in 1949. He became Secrétaire Général du Parquet de la Cour d"Appel de Paris ("Secretary Prosecutor General of the Paris Court of Appeal") and Secrétaire Général du Parquet de la Cour de Cassation ("Secretary Prosecutor General of the Cour de Cassation") in 1962. Adviser to the Supreme Court from 1974, he was promoted to Attorney General at the Cour de Cassation in 1984.
He became Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Justice in Michel Rocard"s first and second governments (12 May 1988 to 1 October 1990).
He famously committed a verbal blunder in the French National Assembly.
He was also a member of the Haut Conseil de l"Audiovisuel ("High Council for the Audiovisual Industry") in 1973. He left the government in 1990 and now serves as a member of the Comité d"Honneur du Bicentenaire de la Cour des Comptes ("Bicentennial Committee of Honour of the Cour des Comptes").
Married Nicole Sesia in 1947.