Bernard Chenot [SEP] date of death
Bernard Chenot
Bernard Chenot (20 May 1909, in Paris – 5 June 1995) was a French politician and senior official.
Life.
Bernard Chenot was the son of a Parisian barrister. He became a member of the "Conseil d'Etat" during the Third Republic, and worked in several government departments. He remained in his position under the Vichy government after 1940. Under the Fourth Republic he was director of the coal-fields of northern France for a while, and an official adviser to successive governments on
– Roger Frey succeeds Chatenet as Minister of the Interior.
- 18 May 1961 – Jean Foyer enters the ministry as Minister of Cooperation.
- 24 August 1961 – Bernard Chenot succeeds Michelet as Minister of Justice. Joseph Fontanet succeeds Chenot as Minister of Public Health and Population. Edgard Pisani succeeds Rochereau as Minister of Agriculture. Louis Jacquinot succeeds Lecourt as Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories and Sahara. Terrenoire ceases to be Minister of Information, and the office is abolished.
- 19 January 1962 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing