CHARLES HERNU

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Eugène Charles Hernu (3 July 1923 – 17 January 1990) was a French socialist politician.

He served as Minister of Defence from 1981 to 1985, until forced to resign over the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand. Hernu was born in Quimper, Finistère, but received part of his higher education in Belgium.