Travel of Presidents of the Republic and Prime Ministers since 1945
Description
The official travel department, under the authority of the Directorate-General of the National Police, is responsible for security measures around the President of the Republic and senior French personalities, as well as the organisation of official travel. Archive records produced in connection with these missions are kept in the National Archives. The various detailed inventories have made it possible to draw up a structured and detailed chronological list of the travels of the Presidents of the Republic and the Prime Ministers since 1945.
This list of more than 2,500 trips in France and abroad does not claim to be exhaustive, but rather to offer a rather rich geographical and chronological panorama. The following are accessible:
* for the President of the Republic: 1,166 trips, 118 countries, for the period 1945-2008;
* for the Prime Minister: 1,342 trips, 71 countries, for the period 1964-2008.
The dataset made available consists of the following information:
* Function: President of the Republic or Prime Minister;
* Individual;
* Location: according to the content of the initial inventory;
* Standardised location: department or region for France;
* Countries;
* Start date;
* End date;
* URL(s) of the package leaflet;
* Rating(s);
* Initial Inventory Content: this field can provide additional information on the type of travel, the different stages of a trip (especially abroad), or even the mention of photographs.
A map access is proposed here, based on the contours of the column _standard place_ (main sources used: [Opendatasoft](https://public.opendatasoft.com/) and [angelodlfrtr](s)).
The archives of the Official Travel Service available at the National Archives generally consist of the following documents: detailed travel schedule (sometimes printed brochure), order of official cars, table plan, safety notes and correspondence, press clippings. These data are to be supplemented with the archives of the photographic services of the Presidency of the Republic and the Prime Minister, partly digitised:
* [photographic reports of Heads of State and Presidents of the Republic (1938-1959)](https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/IR/FRAN_IR_050658);
* [photographic reports of Charles de Gaulle’s presidency](https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/IR/FRAN_IR_054722);
* [photographic reports of the presidency of Georges Pompidou](https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/IR/FRAN_IR_055457);
* [Prime Minister’s photographic service](https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/NP/FRAN_NP_000141).
The data will be updated with subsequent archive payments from the Official Travel Service.
Update of 20/04/2023: addition of 102 entries (mainly travel abroad) for the years 2006 to 2008 (archive payment 20220621)
Resources
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Link |
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23 |
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/a9421ee5-0f86-48a3-b9ec-f205981ccaf4 |
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57 |
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/cbf4261f-c527-44f4-b140-263198eb52ac |
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23 |
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/69e10a44-b25f-404e-8faa-1542cf8e6809 |
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8 |
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https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/d6df4e06-d55c-4616-a974-2b53d0d4e025 |
Tags
- histoire
- archives
- president-de-la-republique
- 21e-siecle
- politique
- individu
- 20e-siecle
- premier-ministre
- deplacement-officiel