Daniel Hoeffel | |
|---|---|
.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Hoeffel_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_2013_(cropped).jpg) Hoeffel in 2013 | |
| Member of the French Senate for Bas-Rhin | |
| In office 2 October 1995 – 30 September 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Paul Hammann |
| Succeeded by | Roland Ries |
| In office 28 September 1981 – 29 April 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Paul Hammann |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Hammann |
| In office 3 October 1977 – 5 May 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Kauffmann |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Hammann |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 2 October 1980 – 2 May 1981 | |
| President | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Preceded by | Joël Le Theule |
| Succeeded by | Louis Mermaz |
| Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe | |
| In office 9 November 1995 – 8 November 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Timothée Paul Hoeffel (1929-01-23)23 January 1929 Strasbourg, France |
| Died | 14 October 2025(2025-10-14) (aged 96) Strasbourg, France |
| Party | CDS UDF UMP |
| Education | Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg |
.jpg){kind=link}
Daniel Timothée Paul Hoeffel (French: [danjɛl timɔte pɔl ɔfɛl]; 23 January 1929 – 14 October 2025) was a French politician of the Centre of Social Democrats (CDS), the Union for French Democracy (UDF), and the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).[1]
Hoeffel was notably the son of politician Robert Hoeffel and grew up in an Alsatian Protestant family.[2]
He served as Minister of Transport from 1980 to 1981 under third government of Prime Minister Raymond Barre.[3] From 1995 to 2001, he represented France in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[4] He represented Bas-Rhin in the Senate from 1977 to 1978, 1981 to 1993, and 1995 to 2004.[5]
Hoeffel died in Strasbourg on 14 October 2025, at the age of 96.[6]
References
- ^ Fortier, Jacques (16 October 2025). "Pilier de la politique alsacienne, ex-ministre… Daniel Hoeffel, la rigueur et la philosophie". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Cabanel, Patrick (2000). Les protestants et la République : de 1870 à nos jours (in French). Brussels: Ed. Complexe. ISBN 2-87027-780-6.
- ^ "Sous la présidence de Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING (1974-1981)". Ministry of Ecological Transition (in French). Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Mr Daniel HOEFFEL (France)". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
- ^ "HOEFFEL Daniel". Senate (in French).
- ^ "Daniel Hoeffel, ancien ministre et sénateur, est décédé". Le Figaro (in French). 16 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
