Updated Feb 20, 2026
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Birthday
(Tuesday)
Died
Nationality
Languages
French
Spouse
Lucie Faure (1931)
Education
Henri IV high school in Béziers, Lycée Voltaire, Paris Law Faculty, École nationale des langues orientales vivantes
Zodiac Sign
♌ Leo
Chinese Zodiac
猴 Monkey
Name Origin
English < Old English (Ēadgār)
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Edgar Faure: French politician (1908-1988).
Born in Béziers (died at age 79).
3 awards including Concours général.
Studied at Henri IV high school in Béziers.
AWARDS (3)
B
Concours général
WON
B
Pierre Lafue Prize
WON
B
Prix Cazes
WON
Biography
Edgar Jean Faure was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956. Prior to his election to the National Assembly for Jura under the Fourth Republic in 1946, he was a member of the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) in Algiers (1943–1944). A Radical, Faure was married to writer Lucie Meyer. In 1978, he was elected to the Académie Française.
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Edgar Faure was born in Béziers.
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