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.