What is Edgar Faure?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Edgar Faure | image = Edgar Faure 1955.jpg | caption = Edgar Faure at the [[Geneva Summit (1955)]] | order = [[List of presidents of the National Assembly of France|President of the French National Assembly]] | term_start = 2 April 1973 | term_end = 2 April 1978 | predecessor = [[Achille Peretti]] | successor = [[Jacques Chaban-Delmas]] | order2 = [[Prime Minister of France]] | term_start2 = 20 January 1952 | term_end2 = 8 March 1952 | president2 = [[Vincent Auriol]] | predecessor2 = [[René Pleven]] | successor2 = [[Antoine Pinay]] | term_start3 = 23 February 1955 | term_end3 = 1 February 1956 | president3 = [[René Coty]] | predecessor3 = [[Pierre Mendès-France]] | successor3 = [[Guy Mollet]] | birth_date = 18 August 1908 | birth_place = [[Béziers]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|03|30|1908|08|18|df=y}} | death_place = [[Paris]], France | nationality = [[France|French]] | party = [[Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party|Radical]] }} '''Edgar Faure''' ({{IPA-fr|ɛdɡaʁ foʁ|lang}}; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a [[French people|French]] [[politician]], [[essayist]], [[historian]], and [[memoirist]].<ref name=brit>[http://global.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Jean-Faure Edgar Faure]. Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> From 1973 to 1978, he was [[List of presidents of the National Assembly of France|President of the French National Assembly]]. He was also [[Prime Minister of France]] in 1952 and again from 1955 to 1956. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Faure, Edgar}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1988 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of France]] [[Category:Presidents of the National Assembly (France)]] [[Category:Memoirists]] {{bio-stub}}