Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
Introduction


[250px\|thumb\|right\|Maurice Bourgès\-Maunoury (L) meeting Israeli Finance Minister [Levi Eshkol](/wiki/Levi_Eshkol "Levi Eshkol") during a visit to Israel in 1958](/wiki/File:Bourg%C3%A8s-Maunoury_-_Levi_Eshkol_1958.jpg "Bourgès-Maunoury - Levi Eshkol 1958.jpg")
**Maurice Jean Marie Bourgès\-Maunoury** (; 19 August 1914 – 10 February 1993\) was a French [Radical](/wiki/Radical_Party_%28France%29 "Radical Party (France)") politician who served as the [Prime Minister](/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France "Prime Minister of France") in the [Fourth Republic](/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic "French Fourth Republic") during 1957\.

Bourgès\-Maunoury was born in [Luisant](/wiki/Luisant "Luisant"), Eure\-et\-Loir. He is best known for fulfilling a prominent ministerial role in the government during the 1956 [Suez Crisis](/wiki/Suez_Crisis "Suez Crisis").


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