Maurice André Raymond Herzog was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a best-selling book about the expedition, Annapurna.
- Occupation
- politician, explorer, French resistance fighter, mountaineer
- Position held
- member of the French National Assembly, member of the French National Assembly, member of the French National Assembly, member of the French National Assembly
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- January 15, 1919
