Pierre Chatenet

{{Short description|French politician (1917–1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{ infobox Politician

| name = Pierre Chatenet

| image = Portrait ministre de l'Intérieur Chatenet - Archives nationales (France).png

| office = Minister of the Interior

| term_start = 28 May 1959

| term_end = 6 May 1961

| president = Charles de Gaulle

| primeminister = Michel Debré

| predecessor = Jean Berthoin

| successor = Roger Frey

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|03|06|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Paris, France{{cite web |title=Pierre CHATENET |url=https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/membres/pierre-chatenet |website=www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=fr}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|09|04|1917|03|06|df=yes}}

| death_place = Tavers, France{{cite news |title=Pierre Chatenet Ministre de l'intérieur de 1959 à 1961 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1997/09/06/pierre-chatenet-ministre-de-l-interieur-de-1959-a-1961_3778026_1819218.html |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=Le Monde.fr |date=6 September 1997 |language=fr}}

| education = Lycée Buffon

| alma_mater = Sciences Po{{cite web |title=Chatenet Pierre |url=https://archives.sciencespo.fr/ark:/46513/580138 |website=Sciences Po la bibliothèque |access-date=25 February 2024 |language=fr-fr}}

}}

Pierre Chatenet (6 March 1917 – 4 September 1997) was a French politician. He served as French Interior Minister from 1959 to 1961.{{cite book |title=Histoire du ministère de l'Intérieur de 1790 à nos jours |date=1993 |publisher=La Documentation française |isbn=978-2-11-002922-5 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmuNAAAAMAAJ&q=Pierre%20Chatenet |access-date=25 February 2024 |language=fr}}{{cite book |title=Le Gouvernement et les cabinets ministeriels |date=1962 |publisher=Informations rapides de l'administration française. |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4rMOAQAAIAAJ&q=Pierre+Chatenet+ministre+de+l%27int%C3%A9rieur+%221959%22 |access-date=25 February 2024 |language=fr}} From 1962 he became the last president of the Commission of the European Atomic Energy Community, until the body was merged with the European Economic Community in 1967.{{cite book |last1=Blair |first1=Alasdair |title=Companion to the European Union |date=27 September 2006 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-24300-6 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hy9-AgAAQBAJ&dq=Pierre+Chatenet+%221962%22Commission+Chatenet&pg=PA112 |access-date=25 February 2024 |language=en}} (See Chatenet Commission)