Yves Guéna

Yves Guéna
President of the Constitutional Council
In office 1 March 2000 – 9 August 2004
Appointed by	Jacques Chirac
Preceded by	Roland Dumas
Succeeded by	Pierre Mazeaud
Member of the Constitutional Council
In office 20 January 1997 – 9 August 2004
Appointed by	René Monory (President of the Senate)
President	Roland Dumas Himself
Preceded by	Étienne Dailly
Succeeded by	Jacqueline de Guillenchmidt
Mayor of Périgueux
In office 26 March 1971 – 20 January 1997
Preceded by	Lucien Barrière
Succeeded by	Xavier Darcos
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office 12 July 1968 – 20 June 1969
President	Charles de Gaulle Alain Poher (acting)
Prime Minister	Maurice Couve de Murville
Preceded by	André Bettencourt
Succeeded by	Robert Galley
In office 6 April 1967 – 31 May 1968
President	Charles de Gaulle
Prime Minister	Georges Pompidou
Preceded by	Jacques Marette
Succeeded by	André Bettencourt
Minister of Information
In office 31 May 1968 – 10 July 1968
President	Charles de Gaulle
Prime Minister	Georges Pompidou
Preceded by	Georges Gorse
Succeeded by	Joël Le Theule
Personal details
Born	Yves René Henri Guéna (1922-07-06)6 July 1922 Brest, France
Died	3 March 2016(2016-03-03) (aged 93) 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
Political party	UDR
Alma mater	ÉNA

Yves Guéna (French pronunciation: [iv ɡena]; 6 July 1922 – 3 March 2016) was a French politician. In 1940, he joined the Free French Forces in the United Kingdom. He received several decorations for his courage.

Political life

He belonged to various right-wing parties: Union pour la nouvelle République (1962–1968), the Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968–1978) and the Rally for the Republic (1978–1997).

He occupied several posts as minister. In 1968, he was Minister of Information. He was a member of the Parliament between 1962 and 1981 and then again between 1986 and 1988. He was a senator between 1989 and 1997.

In 2000, Guéna was named president of the Constitutional Council of France. In 2004 he left to become president of the Arab World Institute until 2007.