François Missoffe

{{Short description|French politician and diplomat}}

{{ infobox Politician

| name = François Missoffe

| office = Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

| term_start = 1966

| term_end = 1968

| president = Charles de Gaulle

| primeminister = Georges Pompidou

| predecessor = Maurice Herzog

| successor = Roland Nungesser

| office2 = Member of the National Assembly
for {{ill|Paris's 24th constituency|fr|Vingt-quatrième circonscription de Paris de 1958 à 1986}}

| term_start2 = 1968

| term_end2 = 1974

| predecessor2 = André Roulland

| successor2 = Hélène Missoffe

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Toulon, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|08|28|1919|10|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rouen, France

| nationality = French

| party = UNR

| spouse = Hélène de Mitry

| relatives = Françoise de Panafieu (daughter)

}}

François Missoffe (13 October 1919 – 28 August 2003) was a French politician and diplomat.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/sep/01/guardianobituaries.france|title=Obituary François Missoffe|last=Johnson|first=Douglas |date=1 September 2003|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=26 January 2013}} He was Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport ("Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports") in the Government of France between 8 January 1966 and 30 May 1968.{{cite book|last=Seidman|first=Michael M.|title=The imaginary revolution: Parisian students and workers in 1968 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OdLU5roVEk8C&pg=PA60|accessdate=21 September 2011|date=July 2004 |publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-1-57181-685-6|pages=60–}}

He played a minor role in the run-up to events of May 1968 in France. On 8 January 1968, Missoffe was forced by students at the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense to abandon the inauguration of a campus swimming pool. He was interrupted while making his speech at the occasion by student leader, Daniel Cohn-Bendit in order to demand free access to the girls' dormitory.

Missoffe was Ambassador to Japan from 1964 to 1966.{{cite news|url=http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/0101452604-deces-de-francois-missoffe|title=Décès de François Missoffe|last=Hervé|first=Nathan|date=29 August 2003|publisher=Libération|language=French|accessdate=26 January 2013}}