Quilès was born in Sig, Algeria on 27 January 1942.

[1] Quilès was a member of the National Assembly for Paris and later Tarn département.

He close to Laurent Fabius, and served as Defense Minister from 1985 to 1986, after the Rainbow Warrior scandal.

He was Interior Minister from 1992 to 1993, then chairman of the Defense commission in the French National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.

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