In 1942, he fled to Charles de Gaulle's headquarters in Algiers, where he was made head of the Provisional Government of the Republic's legislative department.

In government he served in successive ministries: Agriculture (1966–1968), National Education (1968–1969, where he was responsible for pushing through reform of the universities) and Social Affairs (1972–1973).

He played a key role during the creation and first years of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), becoming his first president in 1985 and staying in that position until 1988.

[citation needed] In 1931, Faure married writer Lucie Meyer, a daughter of a silk merchant.

[1] Governmental functions Electoral mandates He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution.

[4][5] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt a Constitution for the Federation of Earth.