[1][3] Delouvrier was working in Luxembourg directing the finance division of the European Coal and Steel Community when French Prime Minister Charles De Gaulle asked him to take over from the military as his chief executive in Algeria.

[1] Serving as Governor from December 1958 to November 1960, during Algeria's War of Independence, his task was to prepare the transition to civilian rule and put in place an ambitious economic and social program for the country.

[1] From 1961 to 1969, Delouvrier was the French Government's chief representative for the Paris region[1] where he established the basis for the Master Plan for the area's development.

[2] He mapped out new satellite towns, and is credited with creating an efficient suburban commuter network that feeds into the Paris subway system, the Metro.

[5] From 1979, he was President of l'Etablissement public du Parc de La Villette, the culture and science park constructed on the former abattoirs in Paris.