Michel Debré (January 15, 1912 - August 2, 1996) was a French politician.

An associate of Charles de Gaulle, he served under the General as Minister of Justice (1958-1959), Prime Minister (1959 to 1962), Minister of Economics (1966-1968) and Foreign Minister (1968 to 1969), and under his successor, Georges Pompidou as Defense Minister (1969-1973).

Michel Debré oversaw the drafting of the constitution of the French Fifth Republic.

Michel Debré had four sons : Vincent Debré (1939-), businessman, François Debré (1942-), journalist, Bernard Debré (1944-), urologist et and politician, and his false twin, Jean-Louis Debré (1944-), politician.

Debré's Government, 8 January 1959 - 15 April 1962

• Michel Debré - Prime Minister
• Maurice Couve de Murville - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Pierre Guillaumat - Minister of Armies
• Jean Berthoin - Minister of the Interior
• Antoine Pinay - Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
• Jean-Marcel Jeanneney - Minister of Commerce and Industry
• Paul Bacon - Minister of Labour
• Edmond Michelet - Minister of Justice
• André Boulloche - Minister of National Education
• Raymond Triboulet - Minister of Veterans
• André Malraux - Minister of Cultural Affairs
• Roger Houdet - Minister of Agriculture
• Robert Buron - Minister of Public Works and Transport
• Bernard Chenot - Minister of Public Health and Population
• Bernard Cornut-Gentille - Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
• Roger Frey - Minister of Information
• Pierre Sudreau - Minister of Construction

Changes

• 27 March 1959 - Robert Lecourt enters the Cabinet as Minister of Cooperation.
• 27 May 1959 - Henri Rochereau succeeds Houdet as Minister of Agriculture.
• 28 May 1959 - Pierre Chatenet succeeds Berthoin as Minister of the Interior.
• 23 December 1959 - Debré succeeds Boulloche as interim Minister of National Education.
• 13 January 1960 - Wilfrid Baumgartner succeeds Pinay as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.
• 15 January 1960 - Louis Joxe succeeds Debré as Minister of National Education
• 5 February 1960 - Pierre Messmer succeeds Guillaumat as Minister of Armies. Robert Lecourt becomes Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories and of the Sahara. His previous office of Minister of Cooperation is abolished. Michel Maurice-Bokanowski succeeds Cornut-Gentille as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. Louis Terrenoire succeeds Frey as Minister of Information.
• 23 November 1960 - Louis Joxe becomes Minister of Algerian Affairs. Pierre Guillaumat succeeds Joxe as interim Minister of National Education.
• 20 February 1961 - Lucien Paye succeeds Guillaumat as Minister of National Education.
• 6 May 1961 - Roger Frey succeeds Chatenet as Minister of the Interior.
• 18 May 1961 - Jean Foyer enters the ministry as Minister of Cooperation.
• 24 August 1961 - Bernard Chenot succeeds Michelet as Minister of Justice. Joseph Fontanet succeeds Chenot as Minister of Public Health and Population. Edgard Pisani succeeds Rochereau as Minister of Agriculture. Louis Jacquinot succeeds Lecourt as Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories and Sahara. Terrenoire ceases to be Minister of Information, and the office is abolished.
• 19 January 1962 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing succeeds Baumgartner as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.

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Pierre Garet | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |interim Minister of Reconstruction and Housing
1958 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
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Charles de Gaulle | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Prime Minister of France
1959–1962 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Georges Pompidou

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
André Boulloche | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |interim Minister of National Education
1959–1960 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Louis Joxe

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Minister of Economy and Finance
1966–1968 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Maurice Couve de Murville

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Maurice Couve de Murville | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Minister of Foreign Affairs
1968–1969 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Maurice Schumann

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Pierre Messmer | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Minister of National Defense
1969–1973 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Robert Galley