Robert Buron (27 February 1910 – 28 April 1973) was a French politician and Minister of Finance from 20 January 1955 to 23 February 1955 and Minister of Public Works, Transport, and Tourism during Charles de Gaulle's third term from 9 June 1958 to 8 January 1959. Biography Buron was born in 1910 in Paris; he was kidnapped during the 1961 Algiers putsch and in 1965 he founded Objectif 72, a politics-movement. He married Marie-Louise 'Melle' Trouillard (1910-2006) in July 1938, with whom he had a daughter, Martine Buron b.1944, who was a Member of the European Parliament from 1984 until 1994, representing the Parti Socialiste. In the last years of his life, he was mayor of Laval. He died in 1973 in Paris. In his honor, the Lycée Robert Buron in Laval was named for him. Fotogallery References Bibliography Marcel Launay, Robert Buron, témoignages de Pierre Pflimlin et Jean Offredo, Paris: Beauchesne, 1993, 208 p. (Politiques & chrétiens). Michel Gaignard, "Robert Buron s'implante en Mayenne", L'Oribus, num. 65, March 2006. External links Atonie politique et "buronisme" en Mayenne 1910 births 1973 deaths Politicians from Paris Popular Democratic Party (France) politicians Popular Republican Movement politicians Socialist Party (France) politicians Ministers of Information of France Transport ministers of France French Ministers of Overseas France French Ministers of Finance Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1945) Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1946) Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French people of the Algerian War Mayors of places in Pays de la Loire