title: Philippe Ragueneau
text: # Philippe Ragueneau
  
  Philippe Ragueneau (19 November 1917 – 22 October 2003) was a French journalist and writer. He was born in Orléans (Loiret) and died in Gordes (Vaucluse). Ragueneau was a resistance and then military fighter during World War II, and friend of the General Charles de Gaulle.
  
  After the war, Reguneneau became a journalist and a political ally of de Gaulle, joining his cabinet in 1958. In the 1970s, he was a television writer and producer.
  
  ## Distinctions
  
  ### French
  
  * Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
  * Compagnon de la Libération (17 November 1945)
  * Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (3 citations)
  * Médaille de la Résistance
  * Médaille Coloniale
  * Croix du combattant volontaire 1939–1945
  * Médaille Commémorative des Services Volontaires dans la France Libre
  
  ### Foreign
  
  * Africa Star (Great Britain)
  * 1939-45 War Medal / mention in dispatches (Great Britain)
  * Silver Star (United States)
  