Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Christian Pineau (October 14, 1904 - April 5, 1995) was a noted French Resistance fighter. He was born in Chaumont-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France. World War II French Resistance fighter and a close ally of Charles de Gaulle, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and survived Buchenwald concentration camp. After the war, he served as a Minister in French governments between 1945-1958. As Foreign Minister (February 1956 - May 1958), he was responsible for handling the Suez canal crisis and negotiating the Treaty of Rome. He is buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.