# Daniel Hoeffel

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{{Short description|French politician (1929–2025)}}
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| name          = Daniel Hoeffel
| image         = Daniel Hoeffel par Claude Truong-Ngoc 2013 (cropped).jpg
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| caption       = Hoeffel in 2013
| birth_name    = Daniel Timothée Paul Hoeffel
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=y|1929|01|23}}
| birth_place   = [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg), France
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|10|14|1929|01|23}}
| death_place   = Strasbourg, France
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| occupation    = 
| years_active  = 
| known_for     = 
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| education     = [Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg](/source/Institut_d'%C3%A9tudes_politiques_de_Strasbourg)
| party         = [CDS](/source/Centre_of_Social_Democrats) <br/> [UDF](/source/Union_for_French_Democracy) <br/> [UMP](/source/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement)
| office        = Member of the [French Senate](/source/Senate_(France)) for [Bas-Rhin](/source/Bas-Rhin)
| term_start    = 2 October 1995
| term_end      = 30 September 2004
| predecessor   = {{ill|Jean-Paul Hammann|fr}}
| successor     = [Roland Ries](/source/Roland_Ries)
| term_start1   = 28 September 1981
| term_end1     = 29 April 1993
| predecessor1  = Jean-Paul Hammann
| successor1    = Jean-Paul Hammann
| term_start2   = 3 October 1977
| term_end2     = 5 May 1978
| predecessor2  = {{ill|Michel Kauffmann|fr}}
| successor2    = Jean-Paul Hammann
| office3       = [Minister of Transport](/source/Minister_of_Transport_(France))
| term_start3   = 2 October 1980
| term_end3     = 2 May 1981
| president3    = [Valéry Giscard d'Estaing](/source/Val%C3%A9ry_Giscard_d'Estaing)
| predecessor3  = [Joël Le Theule](/source/Jo%C3%ABl_Le_Theule)
| successor3    = [Louis Mermaz](/source/Louis_Mermaz)
| office4       = Member of the [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe](/source/Parliamentary_Assembly_of_the_Council_of_Europe)
| term_start4   = 9 November 1995
| term_end4     = 8 November 2001
}}

'''Daniel Timothée Paul Hoeffel''' ({{IPA|fr|danjɛl timɔte pɔl ɔfɛl|lang}}; 23 January 1929 – 14 October 2025) was a French politician of the [Centre of Social Democrats](/source/Centre_of_Social_Democrats) (CDS), the [Union for French Democracy](/source/Union_for_French_Democracy) (UDF), and the [Union for a Popular Movement](/source/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement) (UMP).<ref>{{cite news |last=Fortier|first=Jacques|date=16 October 2025|title=Pilier de la politique alsacienne, ex-ministre… Daniel Hoeffel, la rigueur et la philosophie|url=https://www.dna.fr/politique/2025/10/16/l-alsacien-daniel-hoeffel-la-rigueur-et-la-philosophie|trans-title= |work=[Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace](/source/Les_Derni%C3%A8res_Nouvelles_d'Alsace)|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>

Hoeffel was notably the son of politician {{ill|Robert Hoeffel|fr}} and grew up in an Alsatian Protestant family.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cabanel|first=Patrick|date=2000|title=Les protestants et la République : de 1870 à nos jours|url= |trans-title= |language=French|location=Brussels|publisher=Ed. Complexe|page= |isbn=2-87027-780-6|access-date=}}</ref>

He served as [Minister of Transport](/source/Minister_of_Transport_(France)) from 1980 to 1981 under {{ill|Third Barre government|fr|Gouvernement Barre III|lt=third government}} of [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_France) [Raymond Barre](/source/Raymond_Barre).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Sous-la-presidence-de-Valery.html|title=Sous la présidence de Valéry GISCARD D’ESTAING (1974-1981)|work=Ministry of Ecological Transition|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324153805/http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Sous-la-presidence-de-Valery.html|archivedate=24 March 2016}}</ref> From 1995 to 2001, he represented France in the [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe](/source/Parliamentary_Assembly_of_the_Council_of_Europe).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pace.coe.int/en/members/3603|title=Mr Daniel HOEFFEL (France)|work=Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe}}</ref> He represented [Bas-Rhin](/source/Bas-Rhin) in the [Senate](/source/Senate_(France)) from 1977 to 1978, 1981 to 1993, and 1995 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senat.fr/senateur/hoeffel_daniel77029g.html|title=HOEFFEL Daniel|work=Senate|language=French}}</ref>

Hoeffel died in [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg) on 14 October 2025, at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=16 October 2025|title=Daniel Hoeffel, ancien ministre et sénateur, est décédé|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/daniel-hoeffel-ancien-ministre-et-senateur-est-decede-20251016|trans-title= |work=[Le Figaro](/source/Le_Figaro)|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>

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Category:1929 births
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Category:Centre of Social Democrats politicians
Category:Union for French Democracy politicians
Category:Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Category:Politicians from Strasbourg
Category:Government ministers of France
Category:Ministers of transport of France
Category:French senators of the Fifth Republic
Category:Senators of Bas-Rhin

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