Maurice Herzog | |
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Secretary of State for Youth Affairs and Sports | |
In office 1958–1966 | |
President | Charles de Gaulle |
Prime Minister | Georges Pompidou |
Preceded by | René Billères |
Succeeded by | François Missoffe |
Mayor of Chamonix | |
In office 1968–1977 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lyon, France | 15 January 1919
Died | 13 December 2012 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France | (aged 93)
Political party | UNR |
Spouse(s) | Marie-Pierre de Cossé-Brissac (1964–1976) Élisabeth Gamper (1976) |
Children | Laurent, Félicité, Mathias, Sébastien |
Alma mater | HEC Paris |
Occupation | Mountaineer |
Maurice André Raymond Herzog (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis ɑ̃dʁe ʁemɔ̃ ɛʁzɔɡ]; 15 January 1919 – 13 December 2012)[1][2][3] was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a best-selling book about the expedition, Annapurna.