Louis Jacquinot

Louis Jacquinot (16 September 1898 – 14 June 1993[1]) was a French lawyer and politician, and chief of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré's office.

[2] Entering parliament in 1932,[3] he later served for a short time as under-secretary of state for home affairs in Paul Reynaud's cabinet (1940).

[9] After de Gaulle's return to power in 1958, he was appointed Minister of State in charge of scientific research and afterwards for the Sahara.

As Minister of State, he was part of a "study group" formed by de Gaulle with the purpose of devising a constitution for the Fifth Republic.

[10] Jacquinot married the wife of former Finance Minister Maurice Petsche in order to be elected president that year, but he was homosexual.

Louis Jacquinot during his term as High Commissioner of the Navy
Louis Jacquinot (left) and President of Upper Volta Maurice Yaméogo , 1960