Minister under Mitterrand, first president of the Court of Auditors, Creuse’s deputy for 23 years, André Chandernagor was also the father of the novelist, Françoise Chandernagor.
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Former Delegate Minister for European Affairs (1981-1983) in the government of Pierre Mauroy and first president of the Court of Auditors (1983-1990), André Chandernagor died on Tuesday at the age of 104, ICI Creuse learned on Wednesday 19 November from mayor Aubusson, contacted by the family of the senior official.
Born in 1921 in Vienne, André Chandernagor was elected deputy for Creuse in the Aubusson constituency in 1958. He served for 23 years in the National Assembly, even serving as vice president in 1967-1968. He was appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister for Foreign Relations, responsible for European affairs in Pierre Mauroy’s government. Close to Prime Minister François Mitterrand, he participated in various Mauroy governments, always being responsible for European affairs, until 1983.
After his ministerial career, André Chandernagor was appointed first president of the Court of Auditors in December 1983, then first honorary president in 1990. His last public office came in 2017 in support of Jean-Baptiste Moreau, then LREM’s candidate for the legislative elections in Creuse.
The Chandernagor family remained closely associated with the Creuse; André Chandernagor’s son, Thierry, was also elected president of the General Council between 1992 and 1994. He was also the father of Françoise Chandernagor, a high-ranking civil servant and man of letters, member of the Goncourt Academy.
