Maurice Faure

{{Short description|French politician (1922–2014)}}

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{{infobox Politician

| name = Maurice Faure

| image = Europese manifestatie in Ridderzaal te Den Haag gehoude v.l.n.r. Birrenbach (Dui, Bestanddeelnr 914-8544 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Maurice Faure at the European demonstration in Den Haag, 1963

| office = Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice

| term_start = 22 May 1981

| term_end = 23 June 1981

| president = François Mitterrand

| primeminister = Pierre Mauroy

| predecessor = Alain Peyrefitte

| successor = Robert Badinter

| office2 = Member of the Constitutional Council

| term_start2 = 1989

| term_end2 = 1998

| appointed2 = François Mitterrand

| president2 = Robert Badinter
Roland Dumas

| predecessor2 = Georges Vedel

| successor2 = Pierre Mazeaud

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|01|02|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Azerat, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|03|06|1922|01|02|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cahors, France

| party = Radical Party of the Left

| otherparty = Radical Party

}}

Maurice Faure (2 January 1922 – 6 March 2014) was a member of the French Resistance and a minister in several French governments.{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/03/06/mort-de-l-ancien-ministre-maurice-faure-a-92-ans_4378466_3382.html|title=Mort de l'ancien ministre Maurice Faure, à 92 ans|date=6 March 2014|newspaper=Le Monde|language=French|accessdate=6 March 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/maurice-faure-est-mort_1497790.html|title=Maurice Faure est mort|date=6 March 2014|newspaper=L'Express|language=French|accessdate=6 March 2014}} He was born in Azerat, Dordogne.

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. Faure was appointed to the Constitutional Council of France by President François Mitterrand.

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acb1cae2-d8e3-11db-a759-000b5df10621.html|title=How Paris became estranged from EU's creation|date=23 March 2007|work=Financial Times|first=George |last=Parker}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/13/world/nobel-peace-prize.html?pagewanted=all|title=Nobel Committee Gives Peace Prize to European Union|date=12 October 2012|work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2012/10/12/97001-20121012FILWWW00424-maurice-faure-se-rejouit-du-prix-nobel.php|title=Maurice Faure se réjouit du prix Nobel|date=12 October 2012|work=Le Figaro}}

In 1957, Faure was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria.{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = German | page=38 |trans-title=| accessdate = 12 October 2012 }}

Faure died in March 2014 at the age of 92 in Cahors, Lot. He was a Protestant in his youth.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=II1ObUt-5K8C&dq=Maurice+Faure+protestant&pg=PP167 | isbn=9782907150118 | title=Répression et prison politiques en France et en Europe au XIXe siècle | year=1990 | publisher=Creaphis editions }}