Maurice Faure

For the French Olympic wrestler, see Maurice Faure (wrestler). For the French Olympic shooter, see Maurice Faure (sport shooter).

Maurice Faure (2 January 1922 – 6 March 2014) was a member of the French Resistance and a minister in several French governments.^[1][2] He was born in Azerat, Dordogne.

Maurice Faure
Maurice Faure at the European demonstration in Den Haag, 1963
Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice
In office 22 May 1981 – 23 June 1981
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Pierre Mauroy
Preceded by	Alain Peyrefitte
Succeeded by	Robert Badinter
Member of the Constitutional Council
In office 1989–1998
Appointed by	François Mitterrand
President	Robert Badinter Roland Dumas
Preceded by	Georges Vedel
Succeeded by	Pierre Mazeaud
Personal details
Born	(1922-01-02)2 January 1922 Azerat, France
Died	6 March 2014(2014-03-06) (aged 92) Cahors, France
Political party	Radical Party of the Left
Other political affiliations	Radical Party

He was a deputy in the French parliament from 1951 to 1983 and a Senator from 1983 to 1988, representing Lot and served 25 years as Mayor of Cahors.^[1] Faure was appointed to the Constitutional Council of France by President François Mitterrand.^[1]

As secretary to the French foreign minister, he co-signed the Treaty of Rome for France in 1957, thus helping to create the European Union.^[3][4][5]

In 1957, Faure was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria.^[6]

Faure died in March 2014 at the age of 92 in Cahors, Lot. He was the last surviving signatory of the Treaty of Rome at the time of his death. He was a Protestant in his youth.^[7]