# Henri Rochereau

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French politician (1908–1999)

Henri Rochereau Rochereau in 1968 European Commissioner for Overseas Development In office 9 January 1962 – 30 June 1970 President Walter Hallstein Jean Rey Preceded by Robert Lemaignen Succeeded by Jean-François Deniau (External Relations and Development Aid) Minister of Agriculture In office 27 May 1959 – 24 August 1961 Prime Minister Michel Debré Preceded by Roger Houdet Succeeded by Edgard Pisani Personal details Born (1908-03-25)25 March 1908 Chantonnay, France Died 25 January 1999(1999-01-25) (aged 90) Vendée, France

**Henri Rochereau** (25 March 1908 – 25 January 1999) was a French politician and [European Commissioner](/source/European_Commissioner).

Henri was the son of Victor Rochereau, a [National Assembly of France](/source/National_Assembly_of_France) *député* (deputy) for the [Vendée](/source/Vend%C3%A9e) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) (1914–1942). Henri worked as a solicitors clerk and later in an exporting business.

In the [1988 French presidential election](/source/1988_French_presidential_election), he supported the right-wing [National Front](/source/National_Front_(France)) candidate [Jean-Marie Le Pen](/source/Jean-Marie_Le_Pen).

## Offices

- From 1949 to 1959 he was a member of the [Senate of France](/source/Senate_of_France) for the Vendée department and a council leader for the [canton](/source/Cantons_of_France) of [Les Essarts](/source/Les_Essarts%2C_Vend%C3%A9e)

- From May 1959 to August 1961 [Minister for Agriculture](/source/Minister_of_Agriculture_(France)) in the government of [Michel Debré](/source/Michel_Debr%C3%A9)

- From 1962 to 1970 he was [Overseas Development Commissioner](/source/European_Commissioner_for_Development_%26_Humanitarian_Aid) in the second [Hallstein Commission](/source/Hallstein_Commission), and from 1967, in the [Rey Commission](/source/Rey_Commission)

- From 1970 to 1986 he was President of the association of Large French Ports[1]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Association for the development of the French ports](http://www.port.fr/proadp/index.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070131035001/http://www.port.fr/proadp/index.html) 31 January 2007 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

Political offices Preceded by Roger Houdet Minister of Agriculture 1969–1961 Succeeded by Edgard Pisani Preceded by Robert Marjolin French European Commissioner 1962–1970 Served alongside: Robert Marjolin, Raymond Barre Succeeded by Raymond Barre Preceded by Robert Lemaignen Succeeded by Jean-François Deniau as European Commissioner for External Relations and Development Aid European Commissioner for Overseas Development 1962–1970

v t e European commissioners from France Robert Lemaignen Robert Marjolin Henri Rochereau Raymond Barre Jean-François Deniau François-Xavier Ortoli Claude Cheysson Edgard Pisani Jacques Delors Christiane Scrivener Yves-Thibault de Silguy Édith Cresson Pascal Lamy Michel Barnier Jacques Barrot Michel Barnier Pierre Moscovici Thierry Breton Stéphane Séjourné

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