Paul Quilès

{{ infobox Politician

| name = Paul Quilès

| image = Paul Quilès.jpg

| caption = Quilès in 2012

| office = Mayor of Cordes-sur-Ciel

| term_start = 25 June 1995

| term_end = 28 May 2020

| predecessor = Robert Ramond

| successor = Bernard Andrieu

| office2 = Minister of Defence

| president2 = François Mitterrand

| primeminister2 = Laurent Fabius

| predecessor2 = Charles Hernu

| successor2 = André Giraud

| term_start2 = 20 September 1985

| term_end2 = 20 March 1986

| office3 = Minister of the Interior

| term_start3 = 2 April 1992

| term_end3 = 29 March 1993

| president3 = François Mitterrand

| primeminister3 = Pierre Bérégovoy

| predecessor3 = Philippe Marchand

| successor3 = Charles Pasqua

| office4 = Member of the National Assembly
for Tarn's 1st constituency

| term_start4 = 1993

| term_end4 = 2007

| predecessor4 = Pierre Bernard

| successor4 = Jacques Valax

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|01|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sig, French Algeria, Vichy France
(now Algeria)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|24|1942|1|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| party = Socialist Party

| alma_mater = École Polytechnique

}}

Paul Quilès ({{IPA|fr|pɔl kilɛs}}, 27 January 1942 – 24 September 2021) was a French Socialist politician.

Biography

Quilès was born in Sig, Algeria on 27 January 1942.{{Cite web|title=Paul Quilès|url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/6557|access-date=24 September 2021|agency=National Assembly}}

Quilès was a member of the National Assembly for Paris and later Tarn département. He close to Laurent Fabius, and served as Defense Minister from 1985 to 1986, after the Rainbow Warrior scandal. He was Interior Minister from 1992 to 1993, then chairman of the Defense commission in the French National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.

Quilès died on 24 September 2021 at the age of 79.{{Cite news|date=24 September 2021|title=Paul Quilès, figure socialiste et ancien ministre de François Mitterrand, est mort|language=fr|newspaper=Le Monde|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/09/24/paul-quiles-figure-socialiste-et-ancien-ministre-de-francois-mitterrand-est-mort_6095866_3382.html|access-date=24 September 2021}}{{Cite web|date=24 September 2021|title=L'ancien ministre socialiste Paul Quilès est mort à l'âge de 79 ans|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/ps/l-ancien-ministre-socialiste-paul-quiles-est-mort-a-l-age-de-79-ans_4782773.html|access-date=24 September 2021|publisher=France Info|language=fr-FR}}

References

External links

[http://www.pquiles.com/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108143453/http://www.pquiles.com/ |date=8 January 2008 }}

{{succession box|title=Minister of Defense|before=Charles Hernu|after=André Giraud|years=1985–1986}}

{{succession box|title=Minister of the Interior|before=Philippe Marchand|after=Charles Pasqua|years=1992–1993}}

Category:1942 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:People from Sig

Category:People of French Algeria

Category:Pieds-noirs

Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians

Category:Ministers of transport of France

Category:French interior ministers

Category:Ministers of posts, telegraphs, and telephones of France

Category:Deputies of the 6th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic