François Missoffe [SEP] native language
François Missoffe
François Missoffe (13 October 1919 in Toulon, France – 28 August 2003 in Rouen) was a French politician and diplomat. He was Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport ("Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports") in the Government of France between 8 January 1966 and 30 May 1968.
He played a minor role in the run-up to events of May 1968 in France. On 8 January 1968, Missoffe was forced by students at the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense to abandon the
the Sports Minister François Missoffe in his office and informed by him that government funding for the sports training center had been approved. The sports training center – initially named "Centre national d'entraînement sportif" – located in the Corrèze village of Bugeat, was later renamed "Espace 1000 Sources". Right after Mimoun's funeral in July 2013, the sports training center was rechristened "Centre sportif Alain Mimoun" 
Mimoun worked as a waiter in a café-bar at the Racing Club de France and as a physical education instructor in