Political Career
- Interim President of the French Republic: April–June 1968, April–May 1974
Governmental functions
- Secretary of State for Budget: September–November 1948
- Secretary of State for the Navy: 1957–1958
Electoral mandates
European Parliament
- President of the European Parliament: 1966–1969
Senate
- President of the Senate of France: 1968–1992
- Senator of Val-de-Marne: 1946–1995
- Mayor of Ablon-sur-Seine: 1946–1983
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“No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be thrown out of their life’s course by a mere accident.”
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