Political Career
Governmental functions
President of the Council (Prime minister) : January–February 1952 / February–December 1955
Secretary of State for Finances : 1949–1950
Minister of Budget : 1950–1951
Minister of Justice : 1951–1952
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs : 1953–1955
Minister of Foreign Affairs : January–February 1955
Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Planning : May–June 1958
Minister of Agriculture : 1966–1968
Minister of National Education : 1968–1969
Minister of State, Minister of Social Affairs : 1972–1973
Electoral mandates
President of the National Assembly of France : 1973–1978
Member of the National Assembly of France for Doubs : Elected in 1967, 1968, but he remains minister / 1973–1980
Member of the National Assembly of France for Jura : 1946–1958
Senator of the Jura (departement) : 1959–1966 (Became minister in 1966)
Senator of the Doubs : 1980–1988 (He died in 1988)
President of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté : 1974–1981 / 1982–1988 (He died in 1988)
Mayor of Port-Lesney : 1947–1970 / 1983–1988 (He died in 1988)
Mayor of Pontarlier : 1971–1977
President of the General council of the Jura : 1949–1967
General councillor of the Jura (departement) : 1967–1979
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