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French political figure.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

French Minister of the Interior (20 March 1986 to 10 May 1988 and 29 March 1993 to 16 May 1995).

After WWII, he worked for Ricard beverage company in Marseille ,becomeing finally one of its directors. He founded in 1967 Euralim in the Paris region.

Member of the Resistance during WWII, he became in 1959 a leader with Jacques Foccart et Achille Peretti of the S.A.C (Service d'action civique) the private police of the Gaullist movement of which he had been a member since 1947. He was elected to different political positions as mayor or member of Parliament. He became one of Jacques Chirac 's closest allies. His voice and accent which sounded like Fernandel and his sense of humor helped him in his carreer as a politician.