Henri Rochereau

Henri Rochereau (25 March 1908, Chantonnay, Vendée – 25 January 1999, Paris) was a French politician and European Commissioner.

Henri Rochereau
European Commissioner for Overseas Development
In office
9 January 1962  30 June 1970
PresidentWalter Hallstein
Jean Rey
Preceded byRobert Lemaignen
Succeeded byJean-François Deniau (External Relations and Development Aid)
Minister of Agriculture
In office
27 May 1959  24 August 1961
Prime MinisterMichel Debré
Preceded byRoger Houdet
Succeeded byEdgard Pisani
Personal details
Born(1908-03-25)25 March 1908
Chantonnay, France
Died25 January 1999(1999-01-25) (aged 90)
Vendée, France

Henri was the son of Victor Rochereau, a National Assembly of France député (deputy) for the Vendée department (1914–1942). Henri worked as a solicitors clerk and later in an exporting business.

In the 1988 French presidential election, he supported the right-wing National Front candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Offices

  • From 1949 to 1959 he was a member of the Senate of France for the Vendée department and a council leader for the canton of Les Essarts
  • From May 1959 to August 1961 Minister for Agriculture in the government of Michel Debré
  • From 1962 to 1970 he was Overseas Development Commissioner in the second Hallstein Commission, and from 1967, in the Rey Commission
  • From 1970 to 1986 he was President of the association of Large French Ports[1]

Notes

Political offices
Preceded by
Roger Houdet
Minister of Agriculture
1969–1961
Succeeded by
Edgard Pisani
Preceded by
Robert Marjolin
French European Commissioner
1962–1970
Served alongside: Robert Marjolin, Raymond Barre
Succeeded by
Raymond Barre
Preceded by
Robert Lemaignen
Succeeded by
Jean-François Deniau
as European Commissioner for External Relations and Development Aid
European Commissioner for Overseas Development
1962–1970


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