Editing Claude Allègre (section)

{{Short description|French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Claude Allègre
| birth_name          = Claude Jean Allègre
| image               = Claude Allègre, 2009 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Allègre in 2009
| office              = [[Minister of National Education (France)|Minister of National Education]]
| term_start          = 4 June 1997
| term_end            = 28 March 2000
| president           = [[Jacques Chirac]]
| primeminister       = [[Lionel Jospin]]
| predecessor         = [[François Bayrou]]
| successor           = [[Jack Lang (French politician)|Jack Lang]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1937|03|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2025|01|04|1937|03|31|df=yes}}
| death_place         = Paris, France
| party               = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] (1973–2008)
| education           = [[Lycée Charlemagne]]
}}

'''Claude Allègre''' ({{IPA|fr|klod alɛɡʁ|lang}}; 31 March 1937 – 4 January 2025) was a French politician and scientist. His work in the field of [[isotope geochemistry]] was recognised with the award of many senior medals, including the [[Crafoord Prize]] for geosciences in 1986 and the [[William Bowie Medal]] of the [[American Geophysical Union]] in 1995. His political service included a three-year term as Minister of Education in France, from 1997 to 2000.