26 Facts About Paul Ribeyre

Paul Francois Ribeyre was a French mineral water bottler and liberal conservative politician who was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly and then the National Assembly from 1945 to 1958, then a senator from 1959 to 1980.

Paul Francois Ribeyre was born on 11 December 1906 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhone.

Paul Ribeyre succeeded his father as general manager of Vals-Reine, a small company that bottled mineral water from a source in Vals-les-Bains, and held this position until Vals-Reine merged with three other local bottling companies in 1968.

Paul Ribeyre refused and was arrested, for which he later received the Legion of Honour.

Paul Ribeyre ran in the municipal elections of 29 April 1945 and was elected as councilor.

Paul Ribeyre was appointed mayor of Vals-les-Bains on 18 May 1945, holding this office until 1983.

Paul Ribeyre founded the center-right Union republicaine ardechoise and the conservative journal La Gazette des Cevennes.

Paul Ribeyre was a general councilor until 1979, and president of the general council of Ardeche from 1951 to 1955 and from 1959 to 1979.

Paul Ribeyre was elected to represent Ardeche in the National Constituent Assembly on 21 October 1945 on the Republicaine Liberte et Concorde list.

Paul Ribeyre joined the Entente Republicaine group in the chamber.

Paul Ribeyre did not support the draft constitution, which was rejected in the subsequent referendum.

Paul Ribeyre was reelected to the second National Constituent Assembly on 2 June 1946, and was elected as deputy to the National Assembly on 10 November 1946.

Paul Ribeyre was reelected deputy for Ardeche on 17 June 1951 and on 2 January 1956, remaining a deputy until 8 December 1958 at the end of the French Fourth Republic.

Paul Ribeyre became president of the Parliamentary Association for Freedom of Education.

On 28 October 1949 Paul Ribeyre was appointed under-secretary of state for Public Health and Population in the cabinet of Georges Bidault.

Paul Ribeyre resigned on 4 December 1949 in protest against a decree on agricultural prices.

Paul Ribeyre was appointed Minister of Public Health and Population on 11 August 1951 in the cabinet of Rene Pleven and remained in office until 7 January 1953 in the subsequent cabinets of Edgar Faure and Antoine Pinay.

On 23 April 1952 Paul Ribeyre sent instructions to the staff of the Ministry of Population on applications for naturalization.

In September 1952 Paul Ribeyre proposed a European Health Community modeled on the European Coal and Steel Community.

Paul Ribeyre was Minister of Commerce in the cabinet of Rene Mayer from 9 January 1953 to 11 February 1953.

Paul Ribeyre was Minister of Justice and Population from 28 June 1953 to 19 June 1954 in the cabinet of Joseph Laniel.

Paul Ribeyre played a central role in having Xavier Vallat, former Vichy commissioner for Jewish Affairs, released from prison.

Paul Ribeyre was Minister of Industry and Commerce from 6 November 1957 to 1 June 1958 in the cabinet of Felix Gaillard.

Paul Ribeyre was a senator from 1 January 1959 to 1 January 1980.

Paul Ribeyre was chairman of the European Health Club, which was granted consultative status to the Council of Europe in 1982.

Paul Ribeyre died at the age of 81 on 14 January 1988 in Valence, Drome.