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== Honours == An important figure of the French Resistance during World War II, Pierre Messmer was a member of the [[Ordre de la Libération]], and the recipient of numerous decorations including the highest rank of the [[Légion d'honneur]]. In 2006, he was named Chancellier de l'Ordre de la Libération after the death of General [[Alain de Boissieu]].<ref name=Fig /> He was also an officer of the [[American Legion]].<ref name=Fig /> In 1992 he became president of the [[Institut Charles de Gaulle]] and, in 1995, of the [[Fondation Charles de Gaulle]].<ref name=Monde /> He also became elected as a member of the [[Académie française]] (the French language academy) in 1999, replacing a Gaullist comrade, [[Maurice Schumann]].<ref name=Monde /> He was also a member of the [[French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences]] since 1988, and, since 1976, of the [[Académie des sciences d'outre-mer]] (Academy of Sciences of Overseas Territories). He was named perpetual secretary of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1995.<ref name=Fig>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/20070829.WWW000000383_pierre_messmer_est_mort.html Pierre Messmer est mort] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124436/http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/20070829.WWW000000383_pierre_messmer_est_mort.html |date=29 September 2007 }}, ''[[Le Figaro]]'', 29 August 2007 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> He was also chancellor of the [[Institut de France]] (1998–2005) before becoming honorary chancellor.<ref name=Fig /> In October 2001, Messmer succeeded to the General Jean Simon as President of the ''[[Fondation de la France libre]]'' (Foundation of Free France).<ref name=Fig /> ===National=== *{{flag|France}}: **[[File:Legion_Honneur_GC_ribbon.svg|60px]] Grand Cross of the [[National Order of the Legion of Honour]] (1993) **[[File:Legion of Honour - Grand Officer (France).png|60px]] Grand Officer of the [[National Order of the Legion of Honour]] (1974) ===Foreign=== *{{flag|Indonesia}}: **[[File:Bintang Republik_Indonesia Adipradana Ribbon1.gif|60px]] [[Star of the Republic of Indonesia]], 2nd Class (1972)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/caf94085602/m-suharto-au-quai-d-orsay | title=M Suharto au quai d'Orsay | INA }}</ref>
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