BOULIN, ROBERT (FRANCE)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06891264
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2021
• Case Number: F-2021-00409
• Publication Date: September 14, 1978

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Robert BOULIN MICROFILMED
(Phonetic: booLAN)
Minister of Labor
(since April 1978)
Addressed as:
mr. minister
A well-known....polit_
ical figure, Robert Boulin
has held eight different
Cabinet posts in the last
17 years: Before' assuming
his current portfolio, he
worked with Prime Minister
Raymond Barre as Minister
Delegate to the Prime
Minister in Charge of Parliamentary Relations
(1976-77) an then in Charge of Economy and Fi-
nance (1977-78). He held earlier Cabinet appoint-
ments as Minister of Civil Service (1968), Agricul-
ture (1968-69), and Public Health and Social
Security (1969-72).
During World War II, Boulin served with Gen.
Charles de Gaulle and was active in the Resis-
tance. Educated in law, he practiced in the city
of Libourne, where he has been mayor since 1959.
After joining the National Assembly in 1958 as the
Gaullist deputy from Gironde, Boulin held a suc-
cession of junior ministerial posts as Secretary
of State for Repatriation. (1961-62), Secretary of
State for Budget (1962-66), and Secretary of State
for Economy and Finan-a-&-(1967-6-81-.----- �
The 58-year-old Boulin holds the Croix de
Guerre and the Modal of the Resistance. .He is
married and has two grown children. He enjoys
horseback riding.
FRANCE
CR M 78-14890
14 September 1978
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