Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France 1962-68) succeeded whom as President in 1969?
Capital punishment in France member, Lt. Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, who was an organizer of the famous assassination attempt on de Gaulle in 1962). There were no executions during two-term Interim President Alain Poher, in 1969 and 1974. President Georges Pompidou, who was personally a death penalty opponent, commuted all but three death sentences imposed during his term. President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who, according to his own words, "felt a deep aversion to the death penalty," also commuted all but three death sentences. He was President at the time of the last execution in France. One of the examples of general amnesty for all people
Georges Pompidou Georges Pompidou Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (; 5 July 19112 April 1974) was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968—the longest tenure in the position's history—and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974. He had long been a top aide to president Charles de Gaulle. As president, he was a moderate conservative who repaired France's relationship with the United States and maintained positive relations with the newly independent former colonies in Africa. He strengthened his political party, the Union of Democrats for the Republic ("Union des Democrates pour la Ve République" or UDR),