François d'Harcourt

François d'Harcourt (10 December 1928 – 5 November 2020) was a French politician.[1]

François d'Harcourt
Member of the French National Assembly for Calvados's 4th constituency and Calvados's 5th constituency
In office
2 April 1973 – 21 April 1997
Preceded byRaymond Triboulet
Succeeded byLaurence Dumont
General Councillor of Calvados
In office
1967–1994
Personal details
Born10 December 1928
Paris, France
Died5 November 2020(2020-11-05) (aged 91)
Annecy, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyUDF

Biography

He was the son of François-Charles d'Harcourt, the 11th Duke of Harcourt, and Antoinette Gérard, a French resistant. From 1954 to 1955, François served as Chief of Cabinet of the Ministry of Armed Forces. Also a journalist, he was an editor for Jours de France from 1956 to 1958. He was a major reporter abroad in Africa in 1960 and Asia in 1962.

D'Harcourt was elected General Councillor of the Canton of Balleroy, serving from 1955 to 1958 and again from 1967 to 1994. He was elected to the National Assembly for Calvados's 4th constituency on 11 March 1973. He was reelected continuously until 1986. He was a member of the Union for French Democracy and was part of the Centrist Union of Democrats for Progress. On 17 January 1975, he voted to decriminalize abortion under the "Veil Law".[2] In 1988, he was elected to serve for Calvados's 5th constituency, where he remained until 1997.

After his father's death in 1997, d'Harcourt became the 12th Duke of Harcourt and Duke of Beuvron. He was married to Isabelle Roubeau. He died in Annecy on 5 November 2020 at the age of 91.

Works
  • L'Afrique à l'heure H (1960)
  • Asie, réveil d'un monde (1963)
  • Demain, la France, l'Europe, le Monde (1965)

References
  1. "Normandie. Ancien député du Bessin, François-Henri d'Harcourt est décédé". Ouest-France (in French). 26 November 2020.
  2. "1re seance du 20 decembre 1974" (PDF). Assemblée Nationale (in French).
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