René Haby

René Haby (9 October 1919, in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe – 6 February 2003) was a French politician.^[1] He had been a prisoner of war during World War II. He was a member of the Union for French Democracy. From 28 May 1974 until 5 April 1978 he was Minister of National Education.^[2] A major reform instituted under Haby was the loi Haby that allowed students to take classes in what were called "regional languages", such as Corsican, at any stage in their education.^[3]

René Haby
Minister of National Education
In office 27 May 1974 – 31 March 1978
President	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Prime Minister	Raymond Barre Jacques Chirac
Preceded by	Joseph Fontanet
Succeeded by	Christian Beullac
Personal details
Born	(1919-10-09)9 October 1919 Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France
Died	6 February 2003(2003-02-06) (aged 83) 10th arrondissement of Paris, France
Political party	UDF
Children	Jean-Yves Haby

References

1. "René Haby". The Independent. 2003-02-12. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
2. Trifonas, Peter Pericles (2000). The Ethics of Writing: Derrida, Deconstruction, and Pedagogy. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 75–81. ISBN 978-0-8476-9558-4.
3. Blackwood, Robert J. (2008-05-22). The State, the Activists and the Islanders: Language Policy on Corsica. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-4020-8385-3.

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Preceded by Joseph Fontanet	Minister of National Education of France 1974–1978	Succeeded by Christian Beullac