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Hubert Beuve-Méry
Hubert Beuve-Méry (5 January 1902 in Paris – 6 August 1989 in Fontainebleau) was a French journalist and newspaper editor. Before the Second World War, he was associated with the Vichy regime until December 1942, when he joined the Resistance. In 1944, he founded "Le Monde" at the behest of Charles de Gaulle. Following the liberation of France, Beuve-Méry built "Le Monde" from the ruins of "Le Temps" by using its offices, printing presses,
, first issued 13 October 1951. He was editor in chief from October 1953 until June 1977.
He was heavily involved in a philatelic press association, which joined another association in 1994 to form the Association de la presse philatélique francophone.
Bibliography.
- Jean-Claude Rouy, "Adalbert Vitalyos. Le cofondateur, avec Hubert Beuve-Méry, du "Monde des philatélistes"" [Adalbert Vitalyos. The cofounder, with Hubert Beuve-Méry, of "Le Monde des philatélistes"], obituary published