Albin Chalandon

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Albin Chalandon
Minister of Justice
In office
20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988
Prime MinisterJacques Chirac
Preceded byMichel Crépeau
Succeeded byPierre Arpaillange
Minister of Public Works
In office
11 July 1968 – 5 July 1972
Prime MinisterMaurice Couve de Murville
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Preceded byRobert Galley
Succeeded byOlivier Guichard
Minister of Industry
In office
31 May 1968 – 10 July 1968
Prime MinisterGeorges Pompidou
Preceded byOlivier Guichard
Succeeded byAndré Bettencourt
Personal details
Born(1920-06-11)11 June 1920
Reyrieux, France
Died29 July 2020(2020-07-29) (aged 100)
Les Mesnuls, Yvelines, France
Political partyRPR
Spouses
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(m. 1951; died 2016)​
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Children3
EducationLycée Condorcet
Alma materFaculté des lettres de Paris

Albin Chalandon (French pronunciation: [albɛ̃ ʃalɑ̃dɔ̃]; 11 June 1920 – 29 July 2020)[1] was a French politician and minister.[2]

Between 1968 and 1972, he was Minister of Public Works. He gave his name to the inexpensive single-family homes known as "chalandonnettes",[3] of which around 65,000 were built between 1970 and 1972 and which became a byword for poor construction quality.[4] And from 1986 until 1988, he was Minister of Justice.[4]

Between 1967 and 1968, he was a member of the Union for the New Republic, then between 1968 and 1976 he was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic and finally from 1986 until 1988 he was a member of the Rally for the Republic.

Chalandon died aged 100 in July 2020.[4] Éric Dupond-Moretti described his death as depriving France of one of its "Liberation fighters" and "the Republic one of its great servants".[5]

References

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  1. ^ "L'ancien Garde des Sceaux Albin Chalandon est mort à l'âge de 100 ans" (in French). Europe 1. 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Cabinet de Albin Chalandon" (in French). Minister of Justice. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Ils nous ont quittés - Albin Chalandon, ancien ministre". Le Point (in French). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Albin Chalandon, « baron gaulliste » et ministre de la Justice sous Mitterrand, est mort à 100 ans". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  5. ^ à 10h40, Par Le Parisien avec AFP Le 30 juillet 2020 (30 July 2020). "Mort de l'ancien ministre de la Justice Albin Chalandon". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Industry
1968 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Public Works
1968–1972 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1986–1988 		Succeeded by


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