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10 Facts About Paul Coste-Floret

1.

Paul Coste-Floret advised Andre Philip and Francois de Menthon, ministers in the Free French provisional government.

2.

Paul Coste-Floret was elected as a depute to the Assemblee Nationale in 1946 as a member of the Mouvement Republicain Populaire, for the department of Herault, and served until 1958.

3.

Paul Coste-Floret supported the political return of General de Gaulle and was a member of the Constitutional Consultative Committee which prepared the Constitution of 1958.

4.

Paul Coste-Floret was re-elected depute of the MRP in 1958, and served with the centrist group until 1967.

5.

Paul Coste-Floret was nominated by the president of the Senate, Alain Poher, to the Conseil constitutionnel from 23 February 1971, and served on this until his death.

6.

Paul Coste-Floret modified the law of Cochinchina, which became part of Vietnam.

7.

Paul Coste-Floret was mayor of Lamalou-les-Bains from 1953 to 1959 and mayor of Lodeve from 1959 to 1967.

8.

Paul Coste-Floret was president of the departmental council of Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare from 1967 to 1973.

9.

Paul Coste-Floret was chair of the University of Montpellier from 1977 to 1979.

10.

Paul Coste-Floret was the twin brother of the politician Alfred Coste-Floret.