Political Career
Governmental functions
Prime minister: 1969–1972
Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism: June–August 1954 / 1954–1955
Minister of Housing and Reconstruction: September–November 1954
Minister of State: 1956–1957
Minister of Defence and Armed Forces: 1957–1958
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
President of the National Assembly: 1958–1969 / 1978–1981 / 1986–1988
Member of the National Assembly for the Gironde 2nd : 1946–1969 (Became Prime minister in 1969) / 1972–1997. Elected in June 1946, reelected in November 1946, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1988, 1993.
Regional Council
President of the Regional Council of Aquitaine : 1974–1979 / 1985–1988 (Resignation). Elected in 1986.
Regional councillor of Aquitaine : 1974–1979 / 1985–1988 (Resignation). Elected in 1986.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Bordeaux : 1947–1995. Reelected in 1953, 1959, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1989.
Municipal councillor of Bordeaux : 1947–1995. Reelected in 1953, 1959, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1989.
Urban Community Council
President of the Urban Community of Bordeaux : 1967–1983 / 1983–1995. Reelected in 1971, 1983, 1989.
Vice-president of the Urban Community of Bordeaux : 1977–1983.
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