BOULIN, ROBERT (FRANCE)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06891265
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• 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: April 18, 1979

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MICROFILMED
Robert BOULIN
(Phonetic: booLAN)
Minister of Labor
(since April 1978)
Addressed as:
Mr. Minister
A well-known Gaullist
political figure, Robert
Boulin has held eight dif-
ferent Cabinet posts
during the last 18 years.
By serving more than 14
years as a Cabinet offi-
cer, he has broken the
longstanding record for
ministerial longevity pre-
viously held by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of
Finance under King Louis XIV during the 17th
century. Before assuming his current portfolio,
Boulin had worked with Prime Minister Raymond
Barre as Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister
in Charge of Parliamentary Relations (1976-77) and
then in Charge of Economy and Finance (1977-78).
His earlier Cabinet portfolios included Civil
Service (1968), Agriculture (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 Resistance.
Educated in law, he practiced in the city of
Libourne, where he has been mayor since 1959. He
was elected to the National Assembly (parliament)
as a deputy from the Gironde Department in 1958
and has been reelected in every subsequent elec-
tion. He has had to give up his parliamentary
mandate, however, in order to serve in the Cabi-
net. During his early career, Boulin held a
succession of junior ministerial posts as Secre-
tary of State for Repatriation (1961-62), Secre-
tary of State for Budget (1962-66), and Secretary
of State for Economy and Finance (1967-68).
The 58-year-old Boulin holds the Croix de
Guerre and the Medal of the Resistance. He is
married to the former Colette Lalande and has two
grown children, Bertrand and Fabienne. Boulin
enjoys horseback riding.
FRANCE
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CR M 79-12094
18 April 1979
Approved for Release: 2021/07/29 C06891265