François-Didier Gregh
François-Didier Gregh | |
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| 13th Minister of State of Monaco | |
| In office 1 April 1969 – 24 May 1972 | |
| Monarch | Rainier III |
| Preceded by | Paul Demange |
| Succeeded by | André Saint-Mleux |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 March 1906 |
| Died | 21 October 1992[citation needed] |
| Political party | Independent |
| Parent | Fernand Gregh (father) |
François-Didier Gregh (26 March 1906 – 21 October 1992) was a Minister of State for Monaco. He was in office from 1969[1] to 1972.
He was the son of the French poet Fernand Gregh.[2] He studied at the Sorbonne, and obtained a doctorate of law degree at the Faculté de Droit in Paris in 1928. He started his career at the Ministry of Finance.[3]
Before World War II, he worked in six different ministères, including the Ministry of War with Paul-Boncour, the Presidence of the Council in 1932, the Ministry of the Marine, and the Ministry of Labor from 1933 to 1935. During World War II, he headed the war supply services. He fled to Alger where he was a prominent member of the French Committee of National Liberation[4] (director of internal finance).[3]
From 1945 to 1949, he was the government's director of budget. Starting in 1949, he worked for the loans division of the Crédit Lyonnais.[3]
In February 1953, he became director of operations Asia and Middle East for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[3] He was Deputy Secretary General of NATO, assisting Manlio Brosio on defense matters, from 1955 to 1967.[5]
Awards and honors
[edit]Monegasque honors
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Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Charles[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "M. FRANÇOIS-DIDIER GREGH DEVIENT MINISTRE D'ÉTAT" (in French). 2 April 1969. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ Zarb Adami, Godfrey (1973). "Fernand Grech and his son Francois-Didier, Frenchmen of Maltese origin". Malta Historical Society.
- ^ a b c d "François-Didier Gregh" (PDF). International Banknotes. March 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ Malberg, Nathalie Carré de (2004), Barrière, Jean-Paul; de Ferrière, Marc (eds.), "Les inspecteurs des finances dans les cabinets ministériels 1918-1940, neutralité ou clientélisme ? : Contribution à l'histoire de l'Inspection des Finances", Aéronautique, Marchés, Entreprises : Mélanges en mémoire d’Emmanuel Chadeau (présentation, édition et recueil d’articles d’Emmanuel Chadeau et d’historiens, témoignages, bibliographie), Histoire et littérature du Septentrion (IRHiS) (in French), Villeneuve d’Ascq: Publications de l’Institut de recherches historiques du Septentrion, pp. 375–411, ISBN 978-2-490296-28-6, retrieved 22 August 2025
- ^ "M. FRANÇOIS-DIDIER GREGH FAIT SES ADIEUX A L'O.T.A.N." Le Monde.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ Sovereign Ordonnance n° 4.933 of 26 May 1972.
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