Word: guichard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Baron Olivier Guichard, 48, Education Minister, was repeatedly passed over in De Gaulle's Cabinet appointments. Originally a protégé of Pompidou, Guichard was hired away by De Gaulle as a press and political aide, then rehired by Pompidou in 1962. Guichard gained an enviable knowledge of France's political geography while in charge of decentralizing French industry. A lawyer by training, Guichard has no particular expertise in education but has promised to carry on the reforms begun by outgoing Minister Edgar Faure. More important, Pompidou, a former classics teacher, has definite ideas on education...
Republic of Engineers. Another close confidant of De Gaulle is Olivier Guichard, 42, who was Pompidou's administrative assistant before he caught the President's eye. A baron who maintains informal liaison with the left wing, Guichard is De Gaulle's traveling companion, troubleshooter and one-man intelligence network...