He was born on 6 March 1918 in Marseille and died 17 February 2006 in Rueil-Malmaison.
He was a French resistance fighter (under the aliases 'Saint-Just' ',' 'Berneix' or 'Rossini'), deputy in the National Assembly, a Senator, an important leader of the Gaullist movement, and Secretary of State and mayor of Rueil-Malmaison.