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As justice minister under then-President Francois Mitterrand, Badinter overcame public opposition and won parliamentary support for abolishing the death penalty in 1981.
Died in office of Waldenström macroglobulinemia, two years before the end of his term. — Alain Poher [26] Acting (1909–1996) 2 April 1974 27 May 1974 55 days Democratic Centre Interim President of France again, as President of the Senate. Did not stand in the 1974 election. 20 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing [28] (1926–2020) 27 May 1974 21 May ...
Died in office of Waldenström macroglobulinemia, two years before the end of his term. — Alain Poher [127] Acting (1909–1996) 2 April 1974 27 May 1974 55 days Democratic Centre Interim President of France again, as President of the Senate. Did not stand in the 1974 election. 20 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing [129] (1926–2020) 27 May 1974 21 ...
Prior to 1982, France only had a single national Court of Audit. With a push toward decentralization in the creation of province-like administrative regions and the increased role of local elected officials and considering the Court's enormous docket, France saw fit to establish regional audit courts.
A special court cleared France’s justice minister of conflict of interest Wednesday, ruling he was not guilty of having used his office to settle personal scores, in the first such trial of a ...
The man heading the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris following a devastating fire three years ago has died in an accident while hiking in the Pyrenees. General Jean-Louis Georgelin's death ...
The building of the Court of Cassation. The prosecution, or parquet général, is headed by the Chief Prosecutor (procureur général). [c] The Chief Prosecutor is a judicial officer, but does not prosecute cases; instead, his function is to advise the Court on how to proceed, analogous to the Commissioner-in-Council's [d] role within the Conseil d'État (lit.
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (French: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the position is the highest office in France.