Mendès-France

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Men·dès-France (m

s-fr

, mä

-d

s-frä

), Pierre 1907-1982.

French politician who as prime minister (1954-1955) negotiated the withdrawal of France from Indochina and resigned when his liberal policies on the North African colonies were rejected.

Mendès-France (French) [mɛ̃dɛsfrɑ̃s]

(Biographies / Mendès-France, Pierre (1907-1982) M, French, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Pierre (pjɛr). 1907-82, French statesman; prime minister (1954-55). He concluded the war in Indochina and granted independence to Tunisia

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