Gaston Monnerville
Gaston Monnerville (2 January 1897 – 7 November 1991) was a French Radical politician and lawyer who served as the first President of the Senate under the Fifth Republic from 1958 to 1968. He previously served as President of the Council of the Republic from 1947 to 1958. A member of the French Resistance in World War II, he is the first black person to preside over a national parliamentary body in French history.
Gaston Monnerville | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 5 March 1974 – 3 March 1983 | |
| Appointed by | Alain Poher |
| President | Roger Frey |
| Preceded by | François Luchaire |
| Succeeded by | Léon Jozeau-Marigné |
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 9 December 1958 – 2 October 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as President of the Council of Republic) |
| Succeeded by | Alain Poher |
| President of the Council of the Republic | |
| In office 18 March 1947 – 2 October 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Auguste Champetier de Ribes |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as President of the Senate) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1897 Cayenne, French Guiana |
| Died | 7 November 1991 (aged 94) 16th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Political party | Radical Party |
| Alma mater | University of Toulouse |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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