Jacques Duhamel

Jacques Duhamel (September 24, 1924 – July 8, 1977) was a French Resistance fighter and politician.

He was Minister of Agriculture from 1969 to 1971 and Minister of Culture from 1971 to 1973.

Early years
Jacques Duhamel was born in Paris in 1924. A young French Resistance fighter, he was incarcerated in Fresnes Prison in 1943. After the Liberation of France, he completed his Licence de droit and was admitted at École nationale d'administration, from which he graduated in 1947.