Guy Héraud was a French politician and lawyer. He was the candidate of the European Federalist Party

European Federalist Party

The European Federalist Party was founded in November 6, 2011 in Paris from the union of existing Europe United and Federalist Party . Its aim is to gather all Europeans to promote european federalism and to participate in all elections all over Europe.Presidents are Yves Gernigon and Pietro De...

 in the French presidential election, 1974

French presidential election, 1974

Presidential elections were held in :France in 1974, following the death of President Georges Pompidou. They went to a second round, and were won by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing by a margin of 1.6%...

, where he won only 0.07% of the vote and last place. His result remains the lowest score ever obtained by a candidate in any French presidential election.

Guy Héraud was also the author of books on federalism

Federalism

Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head. The term "federalism" is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and...

. He was an expert on minority issues and problems of European federalism