Daniel Hoeffel

Daniel Timothée Paul Hoeffel (French: [danjɛl timɔte pɔl ɔfɛl]; 23 January 1929 – 14 October 2025) was a French politician of the Centre of Social Democrats (CDS), the Union for French Democracy (UDF), and the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).^[1]

Daniel Hoeffel
Hoeffel in 2013
Member of the French Senate for Bas-Rhin
In office 2 October 1995 – 30 September 2004
Preceded by	Jean-Paul Hammann (fr)
Succeeded by	Roland Ries
In office 28 September 1981 – 29 April 1993
Preceded by	Jean-Paul Hammann
Succeeded by	Jean-Paul Hammann
In office 3 October 1977 – 5 May 1978
Preceded by	Michel Kauffmann (fr)
Succeeded by	Jean-Paul Hammann
Minister of Transport
In office 2 October 1980 – 2 May 1981
President	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Preceded by	Joël Le Theule
Succeeded by	Louis Mermaz
Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
In office 9 November 1995 – 8 November 2001
Personal details
Born	Daniel Timothée Paul Hoeffel (1929-01-23)23 January 1929 Strasbourg, France
Died	14 October 2025(2025-10-14) (aged 96) Strasbourg, France
Party	CDS UDF UMP
Education	Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg

Hoeffel was notably the son of politician Robert Hoeffel (fr) and grew up in an Alsatian Protestant family.^[2]

He served as Minister of Transport from 1980 to 1981 under third government (fr) of Prime Minister Raymond Barre.^[3] From 1995 to 2001, he represented France in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.^[4] He represented Bas-Rhin in the Senate from 1977 to 1978, 1981 to 1993, and 1995 to 2004.^[5]

Hoeffel died in Strasbourg on 14 October 2025, at the age of 96.^[6]