Bernard Kouchner is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Doctors of the World. He is currently the French minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Fillon government.

Xavier Bertrand is a French politician. He is the current Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Solidarity in François Fillon's second government. He was for over two years Minister of Health in Dominique de Villepin's government under President Jacques Chirac. He played a foremost role in Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign in 2007.

Simone Veil, DBE (born 13 July 1927) is a French lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Constitutional Council of France.

Félix Houphouët-Boigny (October 18, 1905 - December 7, 1993) was the first President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960 - 1993) and was previously elected to the French parliament and appointed minister in the government of France several times between 1957 and 1961. His name is African spelled with French orthography; using an English-based one, as in Ghana or Nigeria, it would likely be spelled "Ufwe-Bwanyi".

Henri Queuille (March 31, 1884 - June 15, 1970) was a French Radical politician prominent in governments of the Third and Fourth Republics. He served three times as Prime Minister in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Ironically, despite his affiliation, he was the son of a noblewoman, twice a descendant of King Jean de Brienne of Jerusalem.

Michel Poniatowski. He was a Polish Prince and French politician. He was a founder of the Independent Republicans and a part of the government of President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Poniatowski served as Minister of Health from 1973 to 1974 and Minister of the Interior in the d'Estaing government from 1974 to 1977. He also was a founder and honorary president of the UDF.

Robert Boulin (20 July 1920 - October 1979) was a French politician who served as Minister of Labour in the French Cabinet and was at the centre of a major real-estate scandal that ended only with his death in mysterious circumstances. At the time of his death he was the longest serving minister in post-revolution French history; only Louis XIV's Colbert served longer.

Edmond Hervé is a French politician. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He was born in La Bouillie in the Côtes-d'Armor "département", in France. He has been mayor of Rennes since 1977, succeeding Henri Fréville. His parents were tenant farmers, he graduated in public law at the university of Rennes and also has a graduate degree in political science. He became a teacher in administrative law and in constitutional law in 1969.

Paul Coste-Floret (9 April 1911-27 August 1979) was a French politician. He was born and died in Montpellier, France.

Raymond Marcellin was a French politician. A member of the National Center of Independents and Peasants (CNIP) and then of the Center of Social Democrats (CDS), he served as Interior minister of France from May 30, 1968 to February 27, 1974. He was forced to resign after policemen of the Directorate of Territorial Security were caught red-handed planting microphones in the offices of "Le Canard Enchaîné", an investigating newspaper.

George Leredu, lawyer, was mayor of Franconville-la-Garenne from 1908 to 1919, deputy (representative of parliament) from 1914 to 1927 then senator until 1936. He was Minister for Health after having been a Secretary of State of the Liberated Regions during a few months from February 20, 1920.

Georges Marrane (January 20 1888-August 27 1976) was a French politician. He was the candidate of the French Communist Party for the presidential election of 1958.

Jacques Barrot (born 3 February 1937 in Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire) is a French politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Transport. He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. He previously held various ministerial positions in France, and is a member of the right-wing political party UMP. Barrot has been a European Commissioner since April 2004, …

Since november 2004, Jacques Barrot has been Deputy Chairman of the European Commission in charge of transportation policy. He was formerly European Commissionner for the regional policy from april 2004 until november 2004. Member of the French Parliament from 1967 until 2004, he also was a member of the cabinet as deputy secretary for housing, secretary for retail activities, secretary for health and social security and finally secretary for labour and social affairs.