Alain Peyrefitte
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 26, 1925, Najac, Aveyron, France
- Died
- November 27, 1999
- Movies
- 3
Alain Peyrefitte (26 August 1925 – 27 November 1999) was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. Peyrefitte is remembered for his support for partitioning Algeria amid the Algerian War.
Peyrefitte served as Minister of Information from 1962 to 1966, establishing the rules of presidential debates between the two electoral rounds; and as Minister of Justice from 1977 to 1981, being involved in the affair surrounding the mysterious death of Robert Boulin in 1979.
He became a member of the Académie française in 1977.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | Mitterrand et la télé | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | De Gaulle, the Last King of France | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The New Watchdogs | Self |
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