• From 1949 to 1959 he was a member of the
Senate of France for the Vendée department and a council leader for the
canton of
Les Essarts • From May 1959 to August 1961
Minister for Agriculture in the government of
Michel Debré • From 1962 to 1970 he was
Overseas Development Commissioner in the second
Hallstein Commission, and from 1967, in the
Rey Commission • From 1970 to 1986 he was President of the association of Large French Ports ==Notes==