Charles Hernu
Charles Hernu | |
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Hernu in 1983 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 22 May 1981 – 20 September 1985 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy Laurent Fabius |
| Preceded by | Robert Galley |
| Succeeded by | Paul Quilès |
| Mayor of Villeurbanne | |
| In office 19 March 1977 – 17 January 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Étienne Gagnaire |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert Chabroux |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eugène Charles Hernu 3 July 1923 Quimper, France |
| Died | 17 January 1990 (aged 66) Villeurbanne, France |
| Party | Radical Party (1947–1962) Unified Socialist Party (1962–1964) Convention of Republican Institutions (1964–1971) Socialist Party (1971–1990) |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
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Eugène Charles Hernu (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ɛʁny]; 3 July 1923 – 17 January 1990) was a French Socialist politician. He served as Minister of Defence from 1981 to 1985, when he was forced to resign over the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand.