{"id":"yvon-bourges","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yvon-bourges","language":"en","name":"Yvon Bourges","name_en":"Yvon Bourges","name_ne":null,"description":"French politician (1921–2009)","headline":"French politician (1921–2009)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Yvon Bourges was a French politician and colonial administrator. He was the final Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa, serving from 1958 to 1960.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"29 June 1921","date":"1921-06-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Pau","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132671"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"18 April 2009","date":"2009-04-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"5th arrondissement of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238723"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"French resistance fighter","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23833535"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Rally for the Republic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052584"},{"text":"Union of Democrats for the Republic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1904825"},{"text":"Union for the New Republic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7223378"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Rennes","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1987282"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1993–2000)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1993","end":"2000"},{"text":"Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (30 January 1984 – 25 September 1986)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65494714","start":"1984-01-30","end":"1986-09-25"},{"text":"Député d'Ille-et-Vilaine (3 April 1978 – 5 May 1978)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58643745","start":"1978-04-03","end":"1978-05-05"},{"text":"Député d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2 April 1973 – 1 March 1975)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58643745","start":"1973-04-02","end":"1975-03-01"},{"text":"Député d'Ille-et-Vilaine (11 July 1968 – 12 August 1968)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58643745","start":"1968-07-11","end":"1968-08-12"},{"text":"Député d'Ille-et-Vilaine (3 April 1967 – 7 May 1967)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58643745","start":"1967-04-03","end":"1967-05-07"},{"text":"Député d'Ille-et-Vilaine (6 December 1962 – 23 March 1965)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58643745","start":"1962-12-06","end":"1965-03-23"},{"text":"Mayor of Dinard (1962–1967)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62085250","start":"1962-06","end":"1967"},{"text":"Senator of the French Fifth Republic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14828018"},{"text":"member of the general council","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3780304"},{"text":"Member of the European Parliament","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27169"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855216"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20859490"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvon_Bourges","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Yvon Bourges born?","a":"Yvon Bourges was born on 29 June 1921 in Pau."},{"q":"What positions has Yvon Bourges held?","a":"Positions held by Yvon Bourges include: president (1993–2000); Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1984–1986); Député d'Ille-et-Vilaine (1978–1978); Député d'Ille-et-Vilaine (1973–1975); Député d'Ille-et-Vilaine (1968–1968)."},{"q":"Where did Yvon Bourges study?","a":"Yvon Bourges was educated at University of Rennes."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"Abdullah Gül","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-gul"},{"name":"Max Brauer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/max-brauer"},{"name":"Adolf Spies von Büllesheim","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adolf-spies-von-bullesheim"},{"name":"Alfred Gusenbauer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfred-gusenbauer"},{"name":"Jean-François Mattei","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jean-francois-mattei"},{"name":"Édouard Herriot","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edouard-herriot"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/yvon-bourges-79999b09c2.jpg","width":500,"height":336,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Roland Godefroy","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yvon_Bourges.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Yvon Bourges","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvon_Bourges","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q764381","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764381","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Yvon Bourges.jpg by Roland Godefroy (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yvon_Bourges.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Yvon Bourges, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Yvon Bourges.jpg — Roland Godefroy, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Yvon Bourges\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/yvon-bourges. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/yvon-bourges","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/yvon-bourges","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/yvon-bourges?lang=ne"}}