Jean Lecanuet
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 4, 1920, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- Died
- February 22, 1993
- Movies
- 4
Jean Adrien François Lecanuet (4 March 1920 – 22 February 1993) was a French centrist politician.
Lecanuet was born to a family of modest means in Rouen and gravitated towards philosophy studies. He received his diploma at the age of 22, becoming the youngest agrégé ("A+" professor) in France. He participated in the Second World War French Resistance movement. In August 1944, he was arrested along with a commando that had just blown up the Lille-Brussels railroad, but he managed to escape with the help of a Pole who had been drafted into the German army. He then married Denise Paillard with whom he had three children.
After the Liberation, he became a general inspector at the Ministry of Defence.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | De Gaulle, the Last King of France | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | 1974, une partie de campagne | Self |
| 1992 | Promesses | Self (archive footage) |
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