André Henry is a French

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 politician

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. He served as Minister of Free Time from 1981 to 1983, under former President François Mitterand.

Biography

He was a trade union

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ist for the Federation for National Education. From 1981 to 1983, he served as Minister of Free Time. In this capacity, he developed non-profit organization

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s in France. He also defined free time away from work as a citizenship right, and promoted ways to spend it in a leisurely way.