Yves Guéna

{{Short description|French politician (1922–2016)}}

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{{ infobox officeholder

| name = Yves Guéna

| image = Yves Guéna (cropped).PNG

| office = President of the Constitutional Council

| term_start = 1 March 2000

| term_end = 9 August 2004

| appointer = Jacques Chirac

| predecessor = Roland Dumas

| successor = Pierre Mazeaud

| office1 = Member of the Constitutional Council

| term_start1 = 20 January 1997

| term_end1 = 9 August 2004

| president1 = Roland Dumas
Himself

| appointer1 = René Monory

| predecessor1 = Étienne Dailly

| successor1 = Jacqueline de Guillenchmidt

| office2 = Mayor of Périgueux

| term_start2 = 26 March 1971

| term_end2 = 20 January 1997

| predecessor2 = Lucien Barrière

| successor2 = Xavier Darcos

| office3 = Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

| term_start3 = 12 July 1968

| term_end3 = 20 June 1969

| president3 = Charles de Gaulle
Alain Poher {{small|(acting)}}

| primeminister3 = Maurice Couve de Murville

| predecessor3 = André Bettencourt

| successor3 = Robert Galley

| term_start4 = 6 April 1967

| term_end4 = 31 May 1968

| president4 = Charles de Gaulle

| primeminister4 = Georges Pompidou

| predecessor4 = Jacques Marette

| successor4 = André Bettencourt

| office5 = Minister of Information

| term_start5 = 31 May 1968

| term_end5 = 10 July 1968

| president5 = Charles de Gaulle

| primeminister5 = Georges Pompidou

| predecessor5 = Georges Gorse

| successor5 = Joël Le Theule

| birth_name = Yves René Henri Guéna

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|07|06|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brest, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|03|03|1922|07|06|df=yes}}

| death_place = 16th arrondissement of Paris, France

| party = UDR

| alma_mater = ÉNA

}}

Yves Guéna ({{IPA|fr|iv ɡena}}; 6 July 1922 – 3 March 2016) was a French politician. In 1940, he joined the Free French Forces in the United Kingdom. He received several decorations for his courage.

Political life

First elected under the banner of the left wing Gaullist Democratic Union of Labour, he later belonged to various right-wing parties: Union pour la nouvelle République (1962–1968), the Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1978) and the Rally for the Republic (1978–1997).

He occupied several posts as minister. In 1968, he was Minister of Information.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c1dQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3299,2642316&dq=yves-gu%C3%A9na&hl=en|title=De Gaulle Bans Gatherings|date=12 June 1968|work=St. Petersburg Independent|pages=12–A|access-date=18 September 2020}} He was a member of the Parliament between 1962 and 1981 and then again between 1986 and 1988. He was a senator between 1989 and 1997.

In 2000, Guéna was named president of the Constitutional Council of France. In 2004 he left to become president of the Arab World Institute until 2007.

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