Louis Joxe

Louis Joxe (16 September 1901 – 6 April 1991) was a French statesman, judge, and politician. He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine.

Career
Joxe, along with René Capitant, the resistance organization Combat-Algérie, the only branch of Combat outside of metropolitan France.
 * Ambassador of France to the USSR (1952–1955)
 * Ambassador of France to the Federal Republic of Germany (-July 1956)
 * Secretary General
 * Minister of National Education (from 15 January 1960 to 23 November 1960 and from 15 October 1962 to 28 November 1962)
 * Minister of Algerian Affairs (1960–1962) - signed the Évian Accords
 * Minister of Administrative Reforms (1962–1967)
 * Minister of Justice (6 April 1967 to 30 May 1968)
 * Deputy of Rhône (1967–1977)
 * Judge of the Constitutional Council of France

Personal life
He was married to Françoise-Hélène Halévy and was the father of the politician Pierre Joxe. Louis Joxe died in 1991, aged 89, in Paris.