Louis Joxe

Louis Joxe (16 September 1901 – 6 April 1991) was a French statesman, judge, and politician. He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine.

Louis Joxe
Member of the Constitutional Council
In office 4 November 1977 – 28 February 1989
Appointed by	Edgar Faure Jacques Chaban-Delmas
President	Roger Frey Daniel Mayer Robert Badinter
Preceded by	Henri Rey
Succeeded by	Jacques Robert
Minister of Justice
In office 7 April 1967 – 31 May 1968
President	Charles de Gaulle
Prime Minister	Georges Pompidou
Preceded by	Jean Foyer
Succeeded by	René Capitant
Personal details
Born	(1901-09-16)16 September 1901 Bourg-la-Reine, France
Died	6 April 1991(1991-04-06) (aged 89) Paris, France
Political party	UDR
Children	Alain Joxe Pierre Joxe

Career

Joxe, along with René Capitant, the resistance organization Combat-Algérie, the only branch of Combat outside of metropolitan France.^[1]

• Ambassador of France to the USSR (1952–1955)
• Ambassador of France to the Federal Republic of Germany (-July 1956)
• Secretary General
• Minister of National Education (from 15 January 1960 to 23 November 1960 and from 15 October 1962 to 28 November 1962)^[1]
• Minister of Algerian Affairs (1960–1962) - signed the Évian Accords^[2]
• Minister of Administrative Reforms (1962–1967)^[3]
• Minister of Justice (6 April 1967 to 30 May 1968)^[3]
• Deputy of Rhône (1967–1977)
• Judge of the Constitutional Council of France

Personal life

He was married to Françoise-Hélène Halévy and was the father of the politician Pierre Joxe.^[4] Louis Joxe died in 1991, aged 89, in Paris.^[2]