Louis Joxe
Louis Joxe ( born September 16, 1901 in Bourg- la -Reine, † April 6, 1991 in Paris) was a French politician.
Life
Louis Joxe was professor of history and geography, as he entered the Foreign Service in 1932 in France under Foreign Minister Pierre Cot. In 1935, he oversaw the news agency Agence Havaswar.
Because of his Jewish background, he was removed from the Vichy regime in 1940 the service and migrated to Algiers, where he taught at a high school.
From Charles de Gaulle, he was appointed Secretary General of the Provisional Government of the Fourth French Republic from 1942 to 1944 as Secretary-General of the French Committee of National Liberation and 1946.
Then he was accredited in French embassies in Bad Godesberg and Moscow. In 1959 he was promoted to Ambassador of France.
From July 1959 to May 1968, he held various ministerial offices continuously in government cabinets of Michel Debré and Georges Pompidou. From July 24 1959 to January 15, 1960, he was Secretary to the Prime Minister. From 15 January to 22 November 1960 he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Education. From November 22 1960 to November 28, 1962, he was Secretary of State for Algeria questions. As such, he led the negotiations with the FLN that led to the Treaty of Evian. Following the resignation of Pierre Sudreau Joxe sparked this from 15 October to 28 November 1962 as minister of education from. From 28 November 1962 to April 1, 1967, he served as Minister of State Reform and the April 6, 1967 to May 31, 1968 as Minister of Justice. From 1967 to 1977 he was a member of the Union pour la Ve République démocratique for the department of Rhône. Until February 1989 he was a judge at the Constitutional Constitutional Council (France).