Pierre Schneiter | |
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.jpg) Schneiter in 1958 | |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 1948–1951 | |
| Preceded by | Germaine Poinso-Chapuis |
| Succeeded by | Paul Ribeyre |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1955 | |
| Member of theNational Assembly fromMarne | |
| In office 1946–1958 | |
| Mayor ofReims | |
| In office 1957–1959 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1905-05-13)13 May 1905 Reims, France |
| Died | 19 March 1979(1979-03-19) (aged 73) |
| Political party | Popular Republican Movement |
| Spouse | Marguerite Fandre |
| Children | 5, includingJean-Louis Schneiter |
François Charles Pierre Schneiter (13 May 1905 – 19 March 1979) was a French politician.
Pierre Schneiter was born inReims as the elder son of Charles Albert Schneiter, a wine broker, and Jeanne Marie Alice Sart. Charles Schneiter's father was a watchmaker fromBern, whose ancestors had come fromBavaria. Pierre's only sibling, Marie François André Schneiter, was born in 1914. The brothers followed their father into the wine trade. Pierre married Marguerite Marie Thérèse Fandre in 1931. Their sonJean-Louis (born 1933) was mayor of Reims until 2008.
Both Schneiter brothers were active in theFrench Resistance during theSecond World War. André was arrested by theGestapo in 1944 and executed atTournes on 29 August 1944. He is cited in the private papers of U.S. Army ETO Deputy Commander Lt. Gen.John C. H. Lee as "Sousprefect at Reims" in December 1944.
In 1946 Pierre Schneiter was elected as a candidate for thePopular Republican Movement to representMarne in theNational Assembly. He served as Assistant-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and as Secretary for German Affairs before being appointedMinister of Health in 1948, serving until 11 August 1951. He replacedAndré Le Troquer asPresident of the National Assembly for a short period in early 1955. He left the National Assembly in 1958.
Schneiter was mayor of Reims from 1957 to 1959. He was made an Officer of theLegion of Honour.
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